Bearded

bearded
    adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: {bearded},
           {barbate}, {bewhiskered}, {whiskered}, {whiskery}]
    2: having a growth of hairlike awns; "bearded wheatgrass"
    

Bearded \Beard"ed\, a.
   Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." --Shak. "Bearded grain."
   --Dryden.
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   {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zool.) See {Lammergeir}.
      

   {Bearded tortoise}. (Zool.) See {Matamata}.
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Beard \Beard\ (b[=e]rd), 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.
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   2. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.
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            No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute
            minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter
            something about a court martial.      --Macaulay.
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   3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and
      similar shellfish.
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