Bead-house.

An almshouse for beadsmen.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bayard of the East (The)
Bayard
Bayardo
Bayes
Bayes’s Troops
Bayeux Tapestry
Bayle
Bayonet
Bayonets
Bead (Anglo-Saxon, bed, a prayer)
Bead-house
Bead-roll
Beadle
Beadsman or Bedesman
Beak
Beaker
Beam
Beam (of a stag)
Bean
Beans
Bean Feast