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1 definition found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bead proof
1.
Among
distillers
,
a
certain
degree
of
strength
in
alcoholic
liquor
,
as
formerly
ascertained
by
the
floating
or
sinking
of
glass
globules
of
different
specific
gravities
thrown
into
it
;
now
ascertained
by
more
accurate
meters
.
2.
A
degree
of
strength
in
alcoholic
liquor
as
shown
by
beads
or
small
bubbles
remaining
on
its
surface
,
or
at
the
side
of
the
glass
,
when
shaken
.
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