Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beady"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Beady \Bead"y\, a.
1. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. ``Beady
eyes.'' --Thackeray.

2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.

3. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

beady
adj 1: small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button;
"bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes" [syn: {beadlike},
{buttony}, {buttonlike}]
2: covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: {beaded}, {bejeweled},
{bejewelled}, {bespangled}, {gemmed}, {jeweled}, {jewelled},
{sequined}, {spangled}, {spangly}]

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