Bearded English king dipping into drink (8)
I believe the answer is:
whiskery
'bearded' is the definition.
(I know that bearded can be written as whiskery)
'english king dipping into drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'king' could be 'r' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'drink' could be 'whisky' (whisky is a kind of drink) and 'whisky' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for whiskery that I've seen before include "Hairy" , "Bearded" , "mutton chops" , "With facial hair" .)