BEARD
ADJECTIVES
► AMAZONIAN beardless → 1623 obs.
► BALD-FACED having neither beard nor whiskers; said of men → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BARBAL belonging to the beard → 1650
► BARBATULOUS having a small beard → 1600 obs.
► BARBED bearded → 1693 obs.
► BARBIGEROUS bearded, as a man; having a beard, hairy → 1731
► BEARD-GRAVE having the gravity of a bearded face → 1599 obs.
► BEARDY bearded → 1598
► CALLOW applied to the down on a youth’s cheek and chin → 1604
► IMBERBIC without a beard, beardless → 1623 obs.
► JUDAS-COLOURED of a red or yellowish-red colour; having hair or a beard of this colour → 1673
► QUICKSET rough, bristling; said of a beard → 1599
► SAND-BEARDED having a sandy-coloured beard → 1624 obs.
ADVERBS
► MISOPOGONISTICALLY with a hatred of beards → 1842
NOUNS
► ALFALFA 1. a beard, whiskers → L19 sl.
2. a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► BALACLAVA a full beard → M19 sl.
► BARB the beard of a man → 1450 obs.
► BARBET a small beard → 1606
► BARBULA a small beard → 1688 obs.
► BEARDLET a small beard → 1847
► BEAVER a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► BUMFLUFF sparse, downy facial hair, esp. the first beard growth of an adolescent boy → 1949 Brit., depreciative
► BURNSIDES a style of beard consisting of a moustache, whiskers, and a clean-shaven chin → 1909 US
► BUSHES a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► CAT’S HAIR the down on the faces of boys before the beard comes → 1898 (Bk.)
► CHARLEY ► CHARLIE a small, pointed beard → 1830 colloq.
► CHEEK BRISTLES the facial hair of a man → 2010
► CHEEK-DOWN soft facial hair, esp. the first beard growth of an adolescent boy → 1887
► CHIN ARMOR a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► CHIN CURTAINS a beard → 1900 US sl.
► CHIN-SPLITTER a narrow goatee → 1906 Amer. sl.
► CHIN TACKLE a beard → 1875 Amer. nautical sl.
► CREPE a short artificial beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► DOOR-KNOCKER a beard that runs along and just beneath the jaw line; when linking up with a moustache it was seen as resembling a door-knocker → M19 sl.
► DOOR-MAT a short cropped beard → M19 sl.
► FACE-FITTINGS a beard and/or moustache → 1904 Aust. sl.
► FACE-FUNGUS men’s facial hair → 1907 jocular usage
► FACE-LACE a beard; whiskers → 1927 Amer. jocular usage
► FIVE O’CLOCK SHADOW a growth of stubble which becomes visible in the late afternoon on the face of a man who has shaved earlier in the day → 1937 sl.
► FOLIAGE a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► FUNGUS a beard, a moustache; men’s facial hair → 1904 jocular usage
► FUZZ a goatee beard → 1970 African-American sl.
► GOATEE a beard resembling that of a goat; a narrow chin-tuft → M19
► GRASS ABOUT THE BOWS a beard, whiskers → 1945 Amer. dial.
► HEDGE a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► HIDEOUT a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► IMPERIAL a small part of the beard left growing below the lower lip: so called because the Emperor Napoleon III wore his beard in this way → 1856
► JUDAS COLOUR red, as the colour of a person’s hair or beard → 1616
► JUST AS I FEARED a beard → 20C rhyming sl.
► LACE CURTAINS a beard; whiskers, esp. false whiskers used in the theatre → 1919 US jocular usage
► LILACS a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► MAT a short cropped beard → M19 sl.
► MATTRESS a heavy beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► MUFF a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► MUZZLE a beard, esp. one that is long or unkempt → 1640 obs.
► NEWGATE COLLAR a collar-like beard worn under the chin → 1885 sl.
► NEWGATE FRILL a collar-like beard worn under the chin → 1885 sl.
► NEWGATE FRINGE a collar-like beard worn under the chin → 1885 sl.
► NEWGATE-RING a beard and moustache as one, without side whiskers → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► PHONY a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► POGONOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of beards → 1991 (Bk.)
► POGONOTOMY the cutting or trimming of the beard → 1897
► SASSAFRAS a beard → 1930 US sl.
► SCRATCH a beard or whiskers → 1960 Amer. sl.
► SHAG a beard → 1971 (Bk.)
► SHRUBBERY a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► SPINACH 1. a beard → 1900
2. a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► TICKER a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► TYBURN COLLAR a collar-like beard worn under the chin → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► TYBURN FRILL a collar-like beard worn under the chin → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► TYBURN FRINGE a collar-like beard worn under the chin → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► ZIFF a beard → 1917 Aust. & NZ sl.
► ZITS a false beard → 1942 Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► BEARD a bearded man; a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual → 1927 Amer. sl., usually derisive usage
► BEARDED LADY a homosexual who has a beard → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BEARDIE ► BEARDY a bearded person → 1941 sl.
► BEARDLING a person who wears a beard → 1622 obs.
► BEARDO a bearded person → 1964 sl.
► BEAVER a bearded man → 1910 sl.
► BILLY-GOAT a bearded old man → 1878 US sl.
► DAG-LOCKS a man whose beard is unkempt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DRY-BEARD an old man with a dry or withered beard → 1749
► FRILLED LIZARD a man with a whisker-framed face → 1999 (Bk.)
► FUNGUS-FACE a bearded man → 1904
► FUZZFACE a bearded man → 1908 US sl., derisive usage
► GASH-BEARD a person with a long, protruding chin; one with a long, peaked beard → 1721 Sc. obs.
► HAIRY a long-haired, bearded individual → 1976 UK sl.
► JO-JO a man with a very heavy beard and side-whiskers → L19 Aust. sl.
► KATIE-BAIRDIE ► KATIE-BEARDIE a woman with a beard or moustache → 1959 Sc.
► LACKBEARD a person who is destitute of a beard → 1883 obs. (Bk.)
► PHILOPOGON a lover of beards → 1875
► POGONOPHILE an admirer of beards → 1991 (Bk.)
► QUIM CHIN a bearded person → 1990 sl.
► ZIFF a bearded person → 1922 Aust. sl.
VERBS
► DEBARB to cut the beard off → 1727 obs.
► MAKE A MAN’S BEARD to dress his beard → 1386 obs.
► MOW THE BRIGALO SUCKERS to shave one’s beard → 1990 Aust. sl.
► SPRING to grow a beard → 1330
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