A beard is the hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip (the opposite is a clean-shaven face). When differentiating between upper and lower facial hair, a beard specifically refers to the facial hair on the lower part of a man's chin (excluding the moustache, which refers to hair on the upper lip). In the course of history, men with facial hair have been ascribed various attributes such as wisdom, sexual potency, or high status, but also a lack of cleanliness and refinement, or an eccentri ...

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The Central or Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is a type of agamid lizard found in the desert regions of Australia. Of the several species of the Pogona genus, P. vitticeps is the most commonly seen breed in pet stores. Bearded Dragon - Care in captivity. Bearded Dragons make good pets. They are naturally tame, so they do not run away when picked up. In the wild, people have said that they have literally walked up to a wild Bearded Dragon and picked it up. Bearde ...

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The bearded woman has been a phenomenon of legend, curiosity, ridicule and more recently political statement. A small number of women are able to grow what may appear to be a Beard. This is usually not truly beard growth, but simply dark body hair. Cultural pressure leads most to remove it, as it may be viewed as a social stigma. Notable exceptions were the famous (and usually fake) bearded women of the circus sideshows of the 19th and early 20th centu ...

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Nagas: Nagas are Saiva Sannyasins. They are in a naked state. They smear their bodies with ashes. They have beard and matted locks.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Beard - The Ancient and Classical world. Ancient Egyptians associated facial hair with mourning. With the exception of a pencil-thin moustache or goatees, they generally found beards unattractive. The nations in the east generally treated their beards with great care and veneration, and the punishment for licentiousness and adultery was to have the beard of the offending parties publicly cut off. They had such a sacred regard for the preservation of their beards that a man might ple ...

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In gay slang, a beard is a female companion used to hide a gay man's sexuality by appearing in public as if she and the gay man were a heterosexual couple. To do this with a heterosexual woman without letting your companion know you are gay is generally considered poor form. The term originated in the mid-1960s. It is derived from the notion that a man with a woman on his arm looks more butch, like a man with a beard. Closeted gay men and lesbians may also take part in this kind of relationship, to their mutual advantage. In th ...

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A clean-shaven beard is one that has been totally removed, usually by shaving or other more radical means of depilation. As such, it is not a style of beard, but does represent a facial hair styling option for men. Usually, only women resort to depilation, as the presence of perceptible beard growth on a woman is viewed as a social stigma. See also. Barber Beard Five o'clock shadow Facial hair Acomoclitism, a preference for hairless genitalia

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A moustache (sometimes spelt mustache in the United States) is an outgrowth of hair above the upper lip. Other common vernacular names are stache, tache, tash and mo. Most men with a normal or strong beard growth must tend it daily, by shaving the hair of the chin and cheeks, to prevent it from soon reverting to a full beard. This necessity has engendered the invention of quite a wide variety of accoutrements designed for the care of a gentleman's moustache, including moustache wax, moustache ...

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Daniel Carter (Uncle Dan) Beard (June 21, 1850– June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer from Covington, Kentucky. He founded the Sons of Daniel Boone, a boy's organization that was a precursor of the Boy Scouts in 1906. He merged his organization into the Boy Scouts of America when it was founded in 1910. Beard became the first National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts and served it for 30 years. Beard was a Freemason. The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, whi ...

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Humans use clothing, hairstyle, accessories, jewelry, tattoos, and other bodily adornments as indicators of social status. One status that is usually of extreme interest is marital status. In many places and times, someone who is married is supposedly off-limits for flirtation, casual sex, or courtship. If married people merit special privileges, forms of address, or expressions of politeness, it is useful to know this immediately. Because marital status markers are usually gender-specific, male and female status markers will b ...

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A razor is an edge tool (primarily, used in shaving). Razor - Early razors. In its simplest form, a razor is a steel blade attached to a handle. Razors have been identified from Bronze Age Britain. These are made of bronze, generally oval in shape with a small tang protruding from one of the short ends. Straight razors (also called cut-throat razors) with open steel blades were the most common before the 20th century—and, in many countries, until the 1950s. They are now used chiefly by barbers. ...

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Boy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys. A Boy Scout originally referred to a male youth between the age of 12 and 17 who participated in the program. The program was soon expanded to involve younger children as Cub Scouts, age 8 to 11. Today, many national scouting programs also have a program for young children aged 6 to 8 years. There is also a young-adult program ...

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A chinstrap is a thin beard that grows along the jaw / chin line. It is called a chinstrap for the obvious reason that it forms a continuous line of hair from the hair on top of the head, along the jawline and then back up around on the other side of the jaw-appearing as a 'strap' of hair which is connected on both sides to the hair on top of the head. Chinstraps tend to be short-haired and trimmed, in contrast with fuller beards ...

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In Finnish mythology, Ahti or Ahto is the god of the sea and of fishing, portrayed as a man with a beard of moss. He is the consort of Vellamo, and they dwell in the undersea palace of Ahtola. He probably possesses some fragments of Sampo, which was broken and then lost at sea after a battle. Also Vetehinen and Iku-Turso live underwater with Ahti. Sometimes he is confused with Ahti Lemminkäinen. Other related archivesFinnish mythology, Lemminkäinen, Sampo, Vetehinen, beard, fishing,

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Ahenobarbus ("brazen-bearded" or "red-haired") is the name of a plebeian Roman family of the gens Domitia. The name was derived from the red beard and hair by which many of the family were distinguished. Amongst its members the following may be mentioned: Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, consul 192 BC Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, consul 122 BC. As proconsul in 121 BC, successfully fought against the Allobroges, a Gallic tribe, in retaliation for their attacks on Rome's Allies, t

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A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaves and cut beards. A barber differs from a hairdresser whose business is limited to cutting hair. In previous times, barbers also performed surgery. The place where a barber works is generally called a barbershop (or "barber shop"). Barber - History. The barber's trade is an extremely ancient one. Razors have been found among relics of the Bronze Age (circa 3500 BC) and barbering i ...

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In Greek mythology, Chronos (often mystically confused with the Titan Cronus) was the personification of time. He emerged from the primordial chaos. He is often depicted as an elderly, gray-haired man with a long beard. His name actually means "Time" (khronos in Greek), and is altenatively spelled Khronos, Chronos, Chronus (Latin version). Some of the current English words which show a tie to khronos/chronos and the attachment to time are chr ...

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The Coat of Arms of Romania consists of an eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sceptre and a sword in its claws. The shield in front of the eagle is divided in five parts, one for each historical province of Romania, with its traditional symbol: eagle - Wallachia auroch - Moldavia dolphins - Dobrogea lammergeier (bearded vulture) - Transylvania (the seven towers signify the sev ...

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Continuum fallacy, also called fallacy of the beard is a logical fallacy which abuses the paradox of the heap. The fallacy appears to prove that two states are not different, or do not exist at all, because there is a continuum of states between them; that there is no difference in quality because there exists a difference in quantity. The fallacy is often described in form of a conversation: Q: Does one grain of wheat form a heap? A: No. Q: If we add one, do two grains of wheat form a heap ...

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