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bearded

/ˈbɪɹdəd/ adjective C1
  1. Having a beard; involving a beard. · (botany)· (zoology)
  2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with). · bearded mussel
  3. Of an axe: having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
  4. Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
  5. Having barbs of a certain color.
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As Edmond paused, the black and bearded head of Caderousse appeared at the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 15 · C1
We were ushered into a dim-lit drawing-room, where an instant later we were joined by a very tall, handsome, light-bearded man of fifty, the younger brother of the dead scientist.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 17 · B2
With this encouragement Anne bearded the lion in its den--that is to say, walked resolutely up to the sitting-room door and knocked faintly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 155 · C1
As I did so, a small, brisk, bearded man in a black coat and bowler hat—not at all the gardener type—came out of the door.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 12 · B2

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