3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bearded \Beard"ed\, a. Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." --Shak. "Bearded grain." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zool.) See {Lammergeir}. {Bearded tortoise}. (Zool.) See {Matamata}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Beard \Beard\ (b[=e]rd), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance. [1913 Webster] No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bearded adj 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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