Bead lightning
lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
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a plane for cutting beads.
- Bead test
a laboratory test used in the identification of certain metals or metal const-tuents, in which a bead covered with the material is heated in a flame and cooled to observe its properties.
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barbados pride (def 1). historical examples the bead tree, so called from the seeds being used for rosaries, bearing much-branched panicles of fragrant lilac flowers. trees and shrubs for english gardens ernest thomas cook
- Beadwork
beading (defs 1, 4). historical examples he says he hopes to have some beadwork for you when he sees you again. the road builders samuel merwin by the beadwork designs on their moccasins, the judge recognized that they were piegans. then and now robert vaughn beadwork is very strong, and this is beginning to look […]