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- English Word Bearing Definition That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
- English Word Bearing Definition The portion of a support on which anything rests.
- English Word Bearing Definition Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
- English Word Bearing Definition The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
- English Word Bearing Definition The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
- English Word Bearing Definition Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
- English Word Bearing Definition The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.
- English Word Bearing Definition The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
- English Word Bearing Definition The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
- English Word Bearing cloth Definition A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.
- English Word Bearing rein Definition A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.
- English Word Bearish Definition Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.
- English Word Bearishness Definition Behavior like that of a bear.
- English Word Bearn Definition See Bairn.
- English Word Bearskin Definition The skin of a bear.
- English Word Bearskin Definition A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.
- English Word Bearskin Definition A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.
- English Word Bearward Definition A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.
- English Word Beast Definition Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
- English Word Beast Definition Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.
- English Word Beast Definition As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
- English Word Beast Definition Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
- English Word Beast Definition A game at cards similar to loo.
- English Word Beast Definition A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
- English Word Beasthood Definition State or nature of a beast.
- English Word Beastings Definition See Biestings.
- English Word Beastlihead Definition Beastliness.
- English Word Beastlike Definition Like a beast.
- English Word Beastliness Definition The state or quality of being beastly.
- English Word Beastly Definition Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.