'Bearding' definitions:
Definition of 'Bearding'
From: 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]
Words containing 'Bearding'
- Beard,
- Bearded,
- Beard grass,
- Bearded eagle,
- Bearded tortoise,
- Bearded vulture,
- Goat's beard,
- Jupiter's beard,
- Red beard,
- Sheep's beard,
- To one's beard,
- Turkey beard,
- Vandyke beard,
- beard lichen,
- beard moss,
- beard worm,
- bearded bustard,
- bearded darnel,
- bearded griffin,
- bearded iris,
- bearded pinnock,
- bearded seal,
- bearded wheatgrass,
- crown beard,
- imperial beard,
- lion's beard,
- turkey's beard,
- broom beard grass,
- crown-beard,
- golden crown beard,
- great forked beard,
- hawk's-beard,
- hawk's-beards,
- lesser forked beard,
- long-beard,
- old man's beard,
- golden-beard penstemon,
- three-bearded rockling