English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Beard
(n.)
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of
the human face, chiefly of male adults.
Bearded
(imp. & p. p.)
of Beard
Bearded
(a.)
Having a beard.
Beardie
(n.)
The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.
Bearding
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Beard
Beardless
(a.)
Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or
manhood; youthful.
Beardless
(a.)
Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat.
Beardlessness
(n.)
The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
Bearer
(n.)
A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the
impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal
interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
Bearer
(n.)
One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the
payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
Bearer
(n.)
A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
Bearer
(n.)
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
Bearer
(n.)
Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the
grave; a pallbearer.
Bearer
(n.)
A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.
Bearherd
(n.)
A man who tends a bear.
Bearhound
(n.)
A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
Bearing
(n.)
Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
Bearing
(n.)
The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
Bearing
(n.)
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as,
a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
Bearing
(n.)
Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of
arms -- commonly in the pl.