vbl. sb. [f. BEAD v. + -ING1.]

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  1.  The formation of beads.

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1869.  Student’s Mag., 33. A tendency towards beading is very noticeable in the coccoliths I have seen.

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  2.  Bead-work, in trimming, etc.

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1881.  Daily News, 29 July, 3/1. The black silk toilette, with steel beadings.

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  3.  A bead molding or edge line.

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1873.  Tristram, Moab, iv. 67. White chalk and limestone pleasantly relieved by the beading of black lines of flint.

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  4.  A preparation for causing liquor to hang in drops about the glass or bottle when poured out.

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