beard.

The wattles, also, vary much in size, being small in Malays and some other breeds; they are replaced in certain Polish sub-breeds by a great tuft of feathers called a beard.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845

And another answer is, "That dude seriously needs to lose the chin beard."

Discourse.net: Mind the Neighbors 2009

He wore a colorful sweater and had grown a thin beard.

Captivity Pageant 2005

He wore a colorful sweater and had grown a thin beard.

Captivity Pageant 2005

"I'll stack our starters against anybody's," said Vaughn, his huge smile rimmed by a thin beard.

USATODAY.com - Friendly competition to contention 2002

'The small and middling pearls,' says Sir Alexander Johnston, 'are formed in the thickest part of the flesh of the oyster, near the union of the two shells; the large pearls almost loose in that part called the beard.'

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832 Various

Or is that another one of his gay jokes, which it could be even if it is only a typo for "beard."

"I do not enjoy the suggestion that you have a better ear or eye for how I want my words to read than I do." Ann Althouse 2008

Anyway, she said I had to come because I needed to be her "beard."

12/28/2003 - 01/04/2004 2004

The friend was maybe Peter’s age, blond with a patch of chin hairs, but not what you’d call a beard.

Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

I have a hopeless babyface and have always been too scared to seriously try and grow any kind of beard.

unknown title 2009