• 1. the hair growing on the lower parts of a man's face
• 2. any similar growth in animals
• 3. a tuft of long hairs in plants such as barley and wheat; awn
• 4. the gills of an oyster
• 5. a barb, as on an arrow or fish-hook
• 6. a woman who accompanies a homosexual man to give the impression that he is heterosexual
• 7. the part of a piece of type that connects the face with the shoulder
• 8. to oppose boldly or impertinently
• 9. to pull or grasp the beard of
• 10. Old English beard ; related to Old Norse barth ,...

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