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longbeard |
2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: longbeard n : a fat-bellied stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) [syn: {bellarmine}, {graybeard}]
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