- 1. n. A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond. Source: opted
- 2. A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond. BAILY'S BEADS Bai"ly's beads. (Astron.) A row of bright spots observed in connection with total eclipses of the sun. Just before and after a total eclipse, the slender, unobscured crescent of the sun's disk appears momentarily like a row of bright spots resembling a string of beads. The phenomenon (first fully described by Francis Baily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge. Source: webster
- 3. A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance orbail bond. Source: adambom
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