bead (1 not known earlier than S.)
1.
pl. drops (of
liquid), tears John II. i.
171,
1H4 II. iii. 63
“beads of sweat”
(most old edd. “beds”),
Cæs. III. i. 284
“beads of
sorrow.”
2.
applied to a very
small thing, e.g. a fairy Wiv. V. v.
55 (Ff, &c. “Bede”), MND. III. ii.
330.
3.
“set of beads,” rosary
R2 III. iii.
147.
