| 1. small object with a hole in the center (threaded on string to make necklaces, etc.); round drop, globular shape. adorn or cover with beads; form into beads, collect in droplets. beadbead, v. t. [imp. & p. p. beaded; p. pr. & vb. n. beading.] to ornament with beads or beading.bead bead, v. i. to form beadlike bubbles. [bead bead , n. [oe. bede prayer, prayer bead, as. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to d. bede, g. bitte, as. biddan, to ask, bid, g. bitten to ask, and perh. to gr. to persuade, l. fidere to trust. beads are used by the roman catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. cf. sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. see: bid, in to bid beads, and bide.] |
