bead
71Bead-roll — Among Catholic priests, a bead roll was a list or catalog of people to be specially prayed for.A bead roll, or bead row, may also be any list or catalog of names, or a pedigree. The term is also used for the beads of a rosary.References#1728… …
72Bead (woodworking) — A bead is a woodworking decorative treatment applied to various elements of wooden furniture, boxes and other items.A bead is typically a rounded shape cut into a square edge to soften the edge and provide some protection against splitting. Beads …
73bead seat — The portion of the wheel rim below the rim flange providing radial support to the bead of the tire. See also rim bead seat taper rim bead seat safety bead seat …
74Bead theory — The bead theory is a disproved hypothesis that genes are arranged on the chromosome like beads on a necklace. According to this theory, the existence of a gene as a unit of inheritance is recognized through its mutant alleles. Seymour Benzer… …
75bead breaker — noun A tool or device used to separate the bead from a tire rim. Lost in the middle of nowhere, he started to fix it by using his car jack as a bead breaker, using the weight of the car to gently separate the bead from the rim …
76bead movement — Movement of the bead on the rim caused by improper inflation, excessive loading, improper design, improper seating, or improper rim or tire size. Also called bead rocking. See bead unseating …
77Bead and butt — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …
78bead toe — that portion of the bead which joins the bead base and the inside surface of the tire …
79bead base — The part of the tire bead which is in contact with the rim bead seat …
80bead core — The ring of steel wires in the tire s bead. Also called bead wires …
