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Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining. "Beamy gold." Tickell.

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. Bean aphis (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant. -- Bean fly (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers. -- Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). -- Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil tha…

A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.

A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

To support and remove or carry; to convey. I 'll bear your logs the while. Shak.

Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.

See Acanthus, n., 1.

A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.

A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]

Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv.

y (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds

Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." Shak. "Bearded grain." Dryden. Bearded vulture, Bearded eagle. (Zoöl.) See Lammergeir. -- Bearded tortoise. (Zoöl.) See Matamata.

The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]

Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.

The state or quality of being destitute of beard.