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beard

1. beard \'bi(*)rd\ \-*d\ \-l*s\ n [ME berd, fr. OE beard; akin to OHG bart 
   beard, L barba] 1: the hair that grows on a man's face often excluding the 
   moustache  2: a hairy or bristly appendage or tuft  3: BEVEL; also : the 
   bevel plus the shoulder  - beard.ed aj
2. beard vt 1: to furnish with a beard  2: to confront and oppose with 
   boldness, resolution, and often effrontery  : DEFY