·noun An imposition; a trick.
II. Beard ·noun The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
III. Beard ·vt To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
IV. Beard ·noun The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
V. Beard ·noun The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
VI. Beard ·noun Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
VII. Beard ·noun In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
VIII. Beard ·noun The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
IX. Beard ·vt To deprive of the gills;
— used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
X. Beard ·noun That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
XI. Beard ·noun The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
XII. Beard ·vt To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
XIII. Beard ·noun The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
XIV. Beard ·noun That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
XV. Beard ·noun A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.