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abear |
[.] ABEA'R, v.t. abare, To bear; to behave. obs. |
87
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abearance |
[.] ABEA'RANCE, n. [from abear, now disused from bear, to carry.] Behavior, demeanor. [Little used.] |
1691
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all-bearing |
[.] ALL-BEA'RING, a. Producing every thing; omniparous. |
2679
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ant-bear |
[.] 'ANT-BEAR or 'ANT-EATER, n. A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a snout or muzzle, with a long cylindrical tongue. the body is covered with long hair. There are several species, constituting the genus, myrmecophaga, ant eaters. |
3670
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armor-bearer |
[.] 'ARMOR-BEARER, n. One who carries the armor of another. |
5334
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bear |
[.] BEAR, v.t. pret.bore; pp. born,borne. [L. fero, pario, porto. The primary sense is to throw out, to bring forth, or in general, to thrust or drive along. ] [.] 1. To support; to sustain; as, to bear a weight or burden. [.] 2. To carry; to convey; to support and ... |
5335
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bear-baiting |
[.] BEAR-BAITING, n. The sport of baiting bears with dogs. |
5336
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bear-berry |
[.] BEAR-BERRY, n. A plant, a species of Arbutus. |
5337
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bear-bind |
[.] BEAR-BIND, n. A species of bind weed, or Convolvulus. |
5338
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bear-cloth |
[.] BEAR-CLOTH |
5339
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bear-fly |
[.] BEAR-FLY, An insect. |
5340
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bear-garden |
[.] BEAR-GARDEN, n. A place where bears are kept for diversion. [.] BEAR-GARDEN, a. Rude; turbulent; as bear-garden sport. |
5341
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bear-whelp |
[.] BEAR-WHELP, n. The whelp of a bear. |
5342
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beard |
[.] BEARD, n. berd. [L.barba.] [.] 1. The hair that grows on the chin,lips and adjacent parts of the face,chiefly of male adults; hence a mark of virility. A gray beard, long beard and reverend beard, are terms for old age. [.] 2. Beard is sometimes used for the ... |
5343
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bearded |
[.] BEARD'ED, a. berd'ed. Having a beard, as a man. Having parallel hairs or tufts of hair, as the leaves of plants. [.] 1. Barbed or jagged, as an arrow. [.] BEARD'ED, pp. berd'ed. Taken by the beard; opposed to the face. |
5344
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bearding |
[.] BEARD'ING, ppr. berd'ing. Taking by the beard; opposing to the face. |
5345
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beardless |
[.] BEARD'LESS, a. berd'less. Without a beard; young; not having arrived to manhood. In botany, not having a tuft of hairs. |
5346
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beardlessness |
[.] BEARD'LESSNESS, n. The state or quality of being destitute of beard. |
5347
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bearer |
[.] BEARER, n. [See Bear.] One who bears, sustains, or carries; a carrier, especially of a corpse to the grave. [.] 1. One who wears any thing, as a badge or sword. [.] 2. A tree or plant that yields its fruit; as a good bearer. [.] 3. In architecture, a post ... |
5348
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bearherd |
[.] BEARHERD, n. [bear and herd.] A man that tends bears. |
5349
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bearing |
[.] BEARING, ppr. Supporting; carrying; producing. |
5350
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bearing-cloth |
[.] BEARING-CLOTH, N. A cloth in which a new born child is covered when carried to church to be baptized. |
5351
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bearish |
[.] BEARISH, a. Partaking of the qualities of a bear. |
5352
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bearlike |
[.] BEARLIKE, a. Resembling a bear. |
5353
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bearn |
[.] BEARN,n. a. A child. In Scotland, bairn. |
5354
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bears-breech |
[.] BEAR'S-BREECH, n. Brank-ursine or Acanthus, a genus of plants. |
5355
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bearward |
[.] BEARWARD, n. A keeper of bears. |
5843
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berry-bearing |
[.] BER'RY-BEARING, a. Producing berries. |
7019
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bow-bearer |
[.] BOW-BEARER, n. [bos and bear.] An under officer of the forest, whose duty is to inform of trespasses. |
7636
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bugbear |
[.] BUG'BEAR, v.t. To alarm or frighten with idle phantoms. |
9627
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child-bearing |
[.] CHILD-BEARING, a. or ppr. [See Bear.] Bearing or producing children. [.] CHILD-BEARING, n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. |
13615
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cross-bearer |
[.] CROSS-BEARER, n. In the Romish church, the chaplain of an archbishop or primate, who bears a cross before him on solemn occasions. Also, a certain officer in the inquisition, who makes a vow before the inquisitors to defend the Catholic faith, though with the loss of ... |
13908
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cupbearer |
[.] CUPBEARER, n. An attendant of a prince or at a feast, who conveys wine or other liquors to the guests; an officer of the kings household. Nehemiah 1. |
19443
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ensign-bearer |
[.] EN'SIGN-BEARER, n. He that carries the flag; an ensign. |
22783
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forbear |
[.] FORBEAR, v.i. pret. forbore; pp. forborne. [.] 1. To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words. [.] 2. To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while. [.] 3. To abstain; to omit; to hold one's self from motion or entering ... |
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forbearance |
[.] FORBEARANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a ... |
22785
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forbearer |
[.] FORBEARER, n. One that intermits or intercepts. |
22786
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forbearing |
[.] FORBEARING, ppr. [.] 1. Ceasing; pausing; withholding from action; exercising patience and indulgence. [.] 2. a. Patient; long suffering. [.] FORBEARING, n. A ceasing or restraining from action; patience; long suffering. |
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fruitbearer |
[.] FRUITBEARER, n. That which produces fruit. |
23534
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fruitbearing |
[.] FRUITBEARING, a. Producing fruit; having the quality of bearing fruit. |
24729
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goats-beard |
[.] GOAT'S-BEARD, n. In botany, a plant of the genus Tragopogon. |
25136
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gray-beard |
[.] GRA'Y-BEARD, n. An old man. |
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light-bearer |
[.] LI'GHT-BEARER, n. A torch-bearer. |
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mace-bearer |
[.] MA'CE-BEARER, n. A person who carries a mace before men in authority. |
38766
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overbear |
[.] OVERBEAR, v.t. [See Bear.] To bear down; to repress; to subdue. [.] The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. [.] Yet fortune, valor, all is overborne by numbers. [.] Till overborne with weight the ... |
38767
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overbearing |
[.] OVERBEARING, ppr. [.] 1. Bearing down; repressing. [.] 2. a. Haughty and dogmatical; disposed or tending to repress or subdue by insolence or effrontery. |
48624
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sea-bear |
[.] SE'A-BEAR, n. [sea and bear.] An animal of the bear kind that frequents the sea; the white or polar bear; also, the ursine seal. |
48625
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sea-beard |
[.] SE'A-BEARD, n. [sea and beard.] A marine plant. |
51979
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standard-bearer |
[.] STANDARD-BEARER, n. [standard and bear.] An officer of an army, company or troop, that bears a standard; an ensign of infantry or a cornet of horse. |
54035
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sword-bearer |
[.] SWORD-BEARER, n. [sword and bear.] An officer in the city of London, who carries a sword as an emblem of justice before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. |
54317
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talebearer |
[.] TA'LEBEARER, n. [tale and bear.] A person who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently communicates intelligence or anecdotes, and makes mischief in society by his officiousness. [.] [.] Where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Prov.26. |
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talebearing |
[.] TA'LEBEARING, a. Officiously communicating information. [.] TA'LEBEARING, n. The act of informing officiously; communication of secrets maliciously. |
55746
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torch-bearer |
[.] TORCH'-BEARER, n. [torch and bear.] [.] One whose office is to carry a torch. |
55956
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train-bearer |
[.] TRA'IN-BEARER, n. [train and bearer.] One who holds up a train. |
57352
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unbearded |
[.] UNBEARDED, a. unberd'ed. Having no beard; beardless. |
57353
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unbearing |
[.] UNBEARING, a. Bearing or producing no fruit. |
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underbear |
[.] UNDERBEAR, v.t. [.] 1. To support; to endure. [.] 2. To line; to guard; as cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. Obs. |
57909
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underbearer |
[.] UNDERBEARER, n. In funerals, one who sustains the corpse. |
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unforbearing |
[.] UNFORBEARING, a. Not forbearing. |
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upbear |
[.] UPBEAR, v.t. pret. upbore; pp. upborne. [up and bear. See Bear.] [.] 1. To raise aloft; to life; to elevate. [.] 2. To sustain aloft; to support in an elevated situation. [.] Upborne they fly. [.] 3. To support; to sustain. |
61502
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water-bearer |
[.] WATER-BEARER, n. [water and bearer.] In astronomy, a sign of the zodiac, called also Aquarius, from L. Aqua, water. |
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white-bear |
[.] WHITE-BEAR, n. [white and bear.] The bear that inhabits the polar regions. |
