Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The line of the intersection of the keel, dead-wood, stem, and stern-post of a ship with the outer surface of the frame-timbers. Also called
bearding-line and stepping-point. - noun The diminution of the edge or surface of a piece of timber from a given line, as in the stem, dead-wood, etc., of a ship.
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- verb Present participle of
beard .
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Examples
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CLIFFORD STREIT'S new play could very well make the term "bearding" a household word.
NYDN Rss Gatecrasher 2011
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Forrester didn't like the idea of bearding the artisan in his workshop; it made him feel uncomfortable, and after a while he put his finger on the reason.
Pagan Passions Laurence M. Janifer 1967
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I felt somewhat flattered by this encouraging condescension, and I admit now that I did not feel particularly happy at the idea of bearding the thieving lion, with his hyena-like satellites, in his den.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) Harry Furniss
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Famously, Newman and his soon-to-be-wife Joanne Woodward became friends with Gore Vidal, and in the most egregious example of "bearding" in history, Woodward agreed to act, temporarily, as Vidal's "fiancée" to exempt him from conservative disapproval
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I turned to look at the cave, waiting for the icy fear to set in, but I felt nothing but an entirely reasonable nervousness at the thought of bearding Raziel in his den.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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I turned to look at the cave, waiting for the icy fear to set in, but I felt nothing but an entirely reasonable nervousness at the thought of bearding Raziel in his den.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way."
Timothy D. Slekar: Do Not Judge, Do Not Condemn Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way."
Timothy D. Slekar: Do Not Judge, Do Not Condemn Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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Alarmed by Russian pogroms and the anti-Semitic Dreyfus trial in France, Herzl wrote a manifesto, "The Jewish State" (1895), and a novel, "The Old-New Land" (1900), before bearding the German Kaiser at the gates of Jerusalem.
City of Peace—and War Norman Lebrecht 2011
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This was an event worthy of clearing my calendar and bearding the lioness in her den.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
cithra commented on the word bearding
From bearding the lion in his den, correct?
April 7, 2010
maux commented on the word bearding
I just bought some quilt batting and was surprised by the phrase "Will not Beard" on the packaging. Apparently "bearding" is also when quilt batting comes through the fabric of a quilt. http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltingglossary/g/bearding.htm
April 29, 2010