(bird) noun
1. The hair on a man's face, especially on the chin, usually excluding the mustache.
2 Zool. a The long hair on the chin of some animals, as the goat. b The feathers near the mouth of certain birds, as the turkey; the vibrissae.
3. Any similar growth or appendage.
4. Bot. A tuft of hair-like processes; an awn, as of grass.
5. The barb of an arrow, or of any hook.
6. Ornithol. The vane or barbs of a feather.
7. U.S. Slang In radio broadcasting, an error in performance, usually a misreading of a part.
8. Printing That part of a type which divides the face from the shoulder.
—v.t.
1. To take by the beard; pull the beard of.
2. To defy courageously.
3. To furnish with a beard. [OE]
—beard′ed adjective
—beard′less adjective
—beard′·like′ adjective

(bird), Charles Austin,
1874–1948, and his wife, Mary Ritter, 1876–1958, U. S. historians.
—Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, founder of the Boy Scouts of America.