Seize or pluck by the beard

  • 1beard — I. n. 1. Whiskers, hirsute appendage. 2. Guard. See barb. II. v. a. 1. Seize or pluck by the beard, pull one s beard. (In contempt.) 2. Defy, bid defiance to, oppose to the face …

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  • 2Beard — (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… …

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  • 3beard — beardlike, adj. /beard/, n. 1. the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache. 2. Zool. a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting a human beard, as the tuft of long hairs on the lower jaw of a goat or the… …

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  • 4beard — [[t]bɪərd[/t]] n. 1) hair growing on the lower part of the face, esp. on the face of a man, sometimes including a mustache 2) bio frm a similar growth on the chin of some animals or near the bill in some birds 3) bot a tuft or growth of awns or… …

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  • 5Bearded — 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… …

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  • 6Bearding — 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… …

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  • 7List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters — This is an incomplete list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters. Contents 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z B …

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  • 8get — Synonyms and related words: OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree with, alight, amaze, anger, annex, annoy, answer, apparel, appreciate, apprehend, approach, arise, arouse …

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  • 9Reap — (r[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaped} (r[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping… …

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  • 10Reaped — Reap Reap (r[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaped} (r[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or… …

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