7. An imposition; a trick. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beard grass (Bot.), a coarse, perennial grass of different species of the genus Andropogon. — To one's beard, to one's face; in open defiance.
BEARD
Beard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bearded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bearding.]
1. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
2. To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance. No admiral, bearded by three corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. Macaulay.
3. To deprive of the gills; — used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
BEARDED
Beard"ed, a.
Defn: Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." Shak. "Bearded grain."
Dryden. Bearded vulture, Bearded eagle. (Zoöl.) See Lammergeir.
— Bearded tortoise. (Zoöl.) See Matamata.
BEARDIE
Beard"ie, n. Etym: [From Beard, n.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]
BEARDLESS
Beard"less, a.