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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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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Beards also play an important role in some religions. The Jews thought it ignominious to lose their beards (Bible: 2 Samuels ch. 10, verse 4).Leviticus 19:27 states that "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." Talmudic rabbis understood this to mean only that one should not shave their beard with a razor with a single blade. Because scissors have two blades, rabbinic law permits their use to trim the beard. For this reason, many Jews also use electric razors, which may have two ...

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Beard - Sport. Today, for practical reasons (with some exceptions), it is illegal for boxers to have beards. Beard - The Armed Forces. Many armed forces still prohibit beards for reasons of hygiene, discipline, or tactical demands (such as the proper fitting and seal of a gas mask); they may also be permitted for cultural, religious, or traditional reasons. In the British Army, a moustache is permitted for those over the rank of Sergeant (non-commission ...

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Beard, Beard - History, Beard - The Ancient and Classical world, Beard - From the Renaissance to the present day, Beard - Modern attitudes in America, Beard - Beards in Religion, Beard - Early Christian attitudes, Beard - Modern prohibition of beards, Beard - Sport, Beard - The Armed Forces, Beard - Sayings about beards, Beard - Beard styles, Beard - Reference

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