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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beard \Beard\ (b[=e]rd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bearded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearding}.]
1. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
2. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.
No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. --Macaulay.
3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bearded \Beard"ed\, adjective Having a beard. ''Bearded fellow.'' --Shak. ''Bearded grain.'' --Dryden.
{Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Lammergeir}.
{Bearded tortoise}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Matamata}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bearded
adjective
1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: {barbate}, {bewhiskered}, {whiskered}, {whiskery}]
2: having a growth of hair-like awns; "bearded wheatgrass"
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