Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beard \Beard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bearded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bearding}.]
   1. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard
      of (a man), in anger or contempt.

   2. To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.

            No admiral, bearded by three corrupt and dissolute
            minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter
            something about a court martial.      --Macaulay.

   3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and
      similar shellfish.

Bearded \Beard"ed\, a.
   Having a beard. ``Bearded fellow.'' --Shak. ``Bearded
   grain.'' --Dryden.

   {Bearded vulture}, {Bearded eagle}. (Zo["o]l.) See
      {Lammergeir}.

   {Bearded tortoise}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Matamata}.

Source : WordNet®

bearded
     adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: {barbate}, {bewhiskered},
             {whiskered}, {whiskery}]
     2: having a growth of hair-like awns; "bearded wheatgrass"