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701 Etymology dictionary, p. sideburns (n.).2
"short side-whiskers, part of a man's beard which grows on the cheeks," 1880, American English, an alteration of burnsides (q.v).
702 Etymology dictionary, p. spring (n.1).4
The Middle English noun also was used of sunrise, the waxing of the moon, rising tides, sprouting of the beard or pubic hair, etc.; compare 14c. spring of dai "sunrise," spring of mone "moonrise." Late Old English spring meant "carbuncle, pustule."
703 Etymology dictionary, p. tragus (n.).2
"eminence at the opening of the ear," 1690s, Modern Latin, from Greek tragos in this sense (Rufus of Ephesus), properly "he-goat;" so called for the tuft of hair which grows there, which resembles a goat's beard.
704 Etymology dictionary, p. vandyke (n.).2
"short, pointed beard," 1894, from the style shown on portraits by Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck (1599-1641); earlier "a type of collar with a deep cut edge" (1755) also from a style depicted in his paintings.
705 Etymology dictionary, p. viper (n.).3
… "gray-bearded gallants" in a bid "to feele new lust, and youthfull flames agin." [Massinger]
706 Etymology dictionary, p. weirdo (n.).2
"strange person," 1955, from weird. Compare earlier Scottish weirdie "young man with long hair and a beard" (1894).
707 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age; Old Age.2
… ," the beard"), perhaps to have the chin sharp or hanging down, often translated "elders," "old man," etc. ( 2 Samuel 19:32; Job 12:20; 32:9; Jeremiah 6:11 ).
708 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Assyria.26
… of beard. In character the Assyrians were cruel and ferocious in war, keen traders, stern disciplinarians, and where religion was concerned, intense and intolerant …
709 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.70
O strong, young bull, with strong horns, perfect in muscles, with beard of lapis lazuli color, full of glory and perfection,
710 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.3
… barba, "beard" = a man who shaves the beard. Dressing and trimming the hair came to be added to his work. "Barber" is found only once English Versions of the Bible, in …
711 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.4
… the beard regularly and completely (as the Hittites, Elamites and early Babylonians seem to have done), except that fashion allowed, as an exception to the …
712 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.5
… the beard. Compare 2 Samuel 19:24 where it appears that the moustache (Hebrew sapham; the King James Version "beard") received regular trimming; and 1 Samuel 21 …
713 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.6
… false beards in ancient days, the latter showing the rank of the wearer, appears from Herodotus ii.36; iii.12; and Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt, II, 324, etc. Josephus, Vita …
714 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.7
… thy beard"), outside of ceremonial shaving, may have consisted in trimming and polling the beard and the hair of the head. Of other nations with whom Israel of …
715 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.8
… their beard ( Leviticus 21:5 ), was clearly, in a sense peculiar to the priests, etc.: "They (the priests) shall only cut off," i.e. trim, not shave, "the hair of their heads …
716 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barber.9
… the beard and shaving. But see pictures of captive Jews with clipped beard in the British Museum.
718 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Beard.2
Beard - berd:
719 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Beard.3
… beards, to which they evidently devoted great care. The nomads of the desert, in distinction from the settled Semites, wore a clipped and pointed beard (see …
720 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Beard.4
… ) Long beards are found on Assyrian and Babylonian monuments and sculptures as a mark of the highest aristocracy (compare Egyptian monuments, especially …