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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n.
A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood
of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded
face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a
leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following
the Reformation; -- called also {graybeard}, {longbeard}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n.
An old man. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
graybeard
n 1: a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself [syn: {patriarch}]
2: a fat-bellied stoneware drinking jug with a long neck;
decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th
century) [syn: {bellarmine}, {longbeard}]
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