English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bearing
(n.)
The situation of one object, with respect to another, such
situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or
influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation;
connection.
Bearing
(n.)
Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
Bearing
(n.)
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as,
a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
Bearing
(n.)
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.
Bearing
(n.)
The portion of a support on which anything rests.
Bearing
(n.)
Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty
feet of bearing between its supports.
Bearing
(n.)
The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support,
collar, or boxing; the journal.
Bearing
(n.)
The part of the support on which a journal rests and
rotates.
Bearing
(n.)
Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of
arms -- commonly in the pl.
Bearing
(n.)
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.
Bearing
(n.)
The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to
be baptized.
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.
Bearish
(a.)
Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in
temper or manners.
Bearishness
(n.)
Behavior like that of a bear.
Bearn
(n.)
See Bairn.
Bearskin
(n.)
The skin of a bear.
Bearskin
(n.)
A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.
Bearskin
(n.)
A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.
Bearward
(n.)
A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.