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CIDE DICTIONARY
beaconage | beaconless | bead | bead and quirk | bead fern | bead proof | bead tree | beaded | beaded lizard | beadhouse | beading

bead proof

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bead proof,  
  •  Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken.  [1913 Webster]

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