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Webster 1913 Edition


Beardless

Beard′less

,
Adj.
1.
Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.
2.
Destitute of an awn;
as,
beardless
wheat
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Beardless

BEARD'LESS

,
Adj.
berd'less. Without a beard; young; not having arrived to manhood. In botany, not having a tuft of hairs.

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beardless

beardless

English

Adjective

beardless (comparative more beardless, superlative most beardless)

  1. Lacking a beard.
  2. (by extension, of a male) Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful.
    • 1596 Shakespeare, King John, Act 4, Scene 1
      shall a beardless boy,
      Cocker'd silken wanton, brave our fields,
      And flesh his spirit in a warlike soil,
      Mocking the air with colours idly spread,
      And find no check?
  3. Destitute of an awn.
    beardless wheat

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