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Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.] A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean. Dryden.

A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.] The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a stiletto on his chin. Ford.

The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See Forkbeard (a).

em*pes"tu*ous*ness, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. Longfellow.

ils for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide. Dryden. Thong seal (Zoöl.), the bearded seal. See the Note under Seal.

A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something. Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. Tennyson.

To loose from the hand; to let go. Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge.

Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] "Bristles of his beard unsoft." Chaucer.

The bearded seal.

which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.

cacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. [Written also ouanderoo.]

Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.] A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. Shak.

e hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural. Hoary whiskers and a forky beard. Pope.

A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe.