what kind of bead is this?

[mpoole]

We had a bit of discussion about this before.

http://www.bajrfed.co.uk/showthread.php?...ase!/page3

"Monile is the Latin for necklace, and a bead necklace is monile baccatum. Huzzah!"

Haven't done more research on the topic, but will do when I have free time. Also, tomorrow I'll post the Guido references if I can find any to your bead.

[trainedchimp]

I just hope for Uo1's sake that they're not rosary beads...

[mpoole]

:0

No idea, with luck they'll be too old.

[Unitof1]

Possibly montile is a “necklace” and it should be noted that neck-lace is a composite word but bacca does not really mean bead but fruit or berry or pearl (a pearl translated back to Latin may be a margarita” and be/ware that it might imply a part of the female anatomy) also bacca does seem to be involved in more debouched meanings which do not appear to be objects with a hole which through are strung- hazzrah

[mpoole]

Pearl, perle, perlen are still commonly used to describe any bead, not just oyster-spit.

I posted a quote provided to me by an archaeologist, which is all I can do as I am not an expert in dead or even dying languages. Bacca can be as easily berry or seed or anything else that was threaded, sometimes language is a shorthand rather than a rigid thing. As for female anatomy, the term 'spindle whorl' is used by some people I know as slang for calling someone a descriptive but opprobrious name. Sometimes a raven IS like a writing desk, and sometimes it's just a bird.

If you have other variations on the theme of what to call something with a hole in it, feel free to offer your versions.

[Dinosaur]

Leaky often covers it :face-approve:

[the invisible man]

Gulf of Mexico?

[Dinosaur]

Ah, so all BP really neaded was some string and a steady hand :face-approve:

[mpoole]

Only if the string comes out somewhere else. It doesn't only have to go in, it has to have an exit somewhere to be a bead. Otherwise it's just a bit of fun.