Hypertext Webster Gateway: "graybeard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n.
A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood
of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded
face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a
leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following
the Reformation; -- called also {graybeard}, {longbeard}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n.
An old man. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
graybeard
n 1: a man who is very old [syn: {old man}, {greybeard}, {Methuselah}]
2: a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a
caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) [syn: {bellarmine},
{longbeard}]
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