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101bead separation — A situation where the bead comes off the wheel rim …
102bead tire — See dual bead tire …
103bead wires — Steel wires wound around the circumference and placed in the beads. Their tension prevents the beads from lifting over the rim flanges. Also called bead core …
104bead and reel — noun : a round convex molding with disks alternating singly or in pairs with oblong beads * * * Archit. a convex molding having the form of elongated beads alternating with disks placed edge on, or with spherical beads, or with both. Also called… …
105bead pointing — noun : masonry pointing that forms a protruding bead …
106bead lightning — noun see beaded lightning * * * lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads. Also called chain lightning, pearl lightning. [1900 05] * * * bead lightning, = chain lightning (def. 1).… …
107bead molding — Archit., Furniture. 1. bead (def. 12). 2. See pearl molding. [1795 1805] …
108bead — small plastic or rubber balls with a hole through the centre used in angling for buffering lead weights and other structures in rigs, protecting knots, and to enhance noise in rigs …
109bead — n. [A.S. gebed, prayer] (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A rounded rib protuberance …
110Bead — Orig. prayer with a rosary, whence by transference small, decorative, pieces of glass or metal. [< OldEngl. gebed = prayer] …