BEAD

I. noun see: bid Date: before 12th century 1. prayer , a series of prayers and meditations made with a rosary, a small piece of material pierced for threading on a string or wire (as in a rosary), 3. plural rosary , a necklace of ~s or pearls, a small ball-shaped body: as, a drop of sweat or blood, a bubble formed in or on a beverage, a small metal knob on a firearm used as a front sight, a blob or a line of weld metal, a projecting rim, band, or molding, a precise knowledge or understanding, II. verb Date: 1577 transitive verb to furnish, adorn, or cover with ~s or ~ing, to string together like ~s, intransitive verb to form into a ~, ~er noun