BEAD

, in Architecture, is a round moulding, carved in short embossments, like beads in necklaces: and sometimes an astragal is thus carved. There is also a sort of plain bead often set on the edge of each facia of an architrave; as also sometimes on the lining hoard of a door case, the upper edge of skirting boards, &c.

Bead

, in assaying, the small ball or mass of pure metal separated from the scoria, and seen distinct and pure in the middle of the coppel while in the fire.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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