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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 remove from place to place; as, "they bear him upon the shoulder;", "the eagle beareth them on her wings."3. To wear; to bear as a mark of authority or distinction; as, to bear a sword, a badge, a name; to bear arms in a coat.4. To keep afloat; as, the water bears a ship.5. To support or sustain without sinking or yielding; to endure; as, a man can bear severe pain or calamity; or to sustain with proportionate strength, and without injury; as, a man may bear stronger food or drink.6. To entertain; to carry in the mind; as, to bear a great love for a friend; to bear inveterate hatred to gaming.7. To suffer; to undergo; as, to bear punishment.8. To suffer without resentment, or interference to prevent; to have patience; as, to bear neglect or indignities.9. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence,injury,or change; as, to give words the most favorable interpretation they will bear. 10. To bring forth or produce, as the fruit of plants, or the young of animals; as, to bear apples; to bear children. 11. To give birth to, or be the native place of. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. 12. To possess and use as power; to exercise; as, to bear sway. 13. To gain or win. Some think to bear it by speaking a great word. [Not now used. The phrase now used is, to bear away.] 14. To carry on, or maintain; to have; as, to bear a part in conversation. 15. To show or exhibit; to relate; as, to bear testimony or witness. This seems to imply utterance, like the Latin fero, to relate or utter. 16. To sustain the effect, or be answerable for; as, to bear the blame. 17. To sustain, as expense; to supply the means of paying; as, to bear the charges, that is, to pay the expenses. 18. To be the object of. Let me but bear your love, and I'll bear your cares. 19. To behave; to act in any character; as,"hath he borne himself penitent?" 20. To remove, or to endure the effects of; and hence to give satisfaction for. He shall bear their iniquities. Is. 53. Heb.9. To bear the infirmities of the weak, to bear one another's burdens, is to be charitable towards their faults, to sympathize with them, and to aid them in distress. To bear off, is to restrain; to keep from approach; and in seamanship, to remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against any thing; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat; also, to carry away; as, to bear off stolen goods. To bear down, is to impel or urge; to overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy. To bear down upon, to press to overtake; to make all sail to come up with. To bear hard, is to press or urge. Cesar doth bear me hard. To bear on, is to press against; also to carry forward, to press, incite or animate. Confidence hath borne thee on. To bear through, is to conduct or manage; as,"to bear through the consulship." B.Jonson. Also, to maintain or support to the end; as, religion will bear us through the evils of life. To bear out, is to maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing. To bear up, to support; to keep from falling. Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings. To bear up, to keep afloat. To bear a body. A color is said to bear a body in painting, when it is capable of being ground so fine, and mixed so entirely with the oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. To bear date, is to have the mark of time when written or executed; as, a letter or bond bears date, Jan.6,1811. To bear a price,is to have a certain price. In common mercantile language,it often signifies or implies, to bear a good or high price. To bear in hand, to amuse with false pretenses; to deceive. I believe this phrase is obsolete, or never used in America. To bear a hand, in seamanship, is to make haste, be quick. |
BEAR-BAITING, n. The sport of baiting bears with dogs. |
BEAR-BERRY, n. A plant, a species of Arbutus. |
BEAR-BIND, n. A species of bind weed, or Convolvulus. |
BEAR-GARDEN, n. A place where bears are kept for diversion. BEAR-GARDEN, a. Rude; turbulent; as bear-garden sport. |
BEAR-WHELP, n. The whelp of a bear. |
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 face, and to do a thing to a man's beard,is to do it in defiance, or to his face.3. The awn or sharp prickles on the ears of corn. But more technically, parallel hairs or a tuft of stiff hairs terminating the leaves of plants, a species of pubescence. By some authors the name is given to the lower lip of a ringent corol.4. A barb or sharp point of an arrow, or other instrument, bent backward from the end to prevent its being easily drawn out.5. The beard or chuck of a horse, is that part which bears the curb of a bridle,underneath the lower mandible and above the chin.6. The rays of a comet, emitted towards that part of the heaven to which its proper motion seems to direct it.7. The threads or hairs of an oyster, muscle or similar shell-fish, by which they fasten themselves to stones.8. In insects, two small, oblong, fleshy bodies, placed just above the trunk, as in gnats, moths and butterflies.BEARD, v.t. berd. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard, in contempt or anger. 1. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance. I have been bearded by boys. |
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. |
BEARD'ING, ppr. berd'ing. Taking by the beard; opposing to the face. |
BEARD'LESS, a. berd'less. Without a beard; young; not having arrived to manhood. In botany, not having a tuft of hairs. |
BEARD'LESSNESS, n. The state or quality of being destitute of beard. |
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 or brick wall between the ends of a piece of timber, to support it. In general, any thing that supports another thing.4. In heraldry, a figure in an achievement, placed by the side of a shield, and seeming to support it; generally the figure of a beast. The figure of a human creature for a like purpose is called a tenant. |
BEARHERD, n. [bear and herd.] A man that tends bears. |
BEARING, ppr. Supporting; carrying; producing. |
BEARING-CLOTH, N. A cloth in which a new born child is covered when carried to church to be baptized. |
BEARISH, a. Partaking of the qualities of a bear. |
BEARLIKE, a. Resembling a bear. |
BEARN,n. a. A child. In Scotland, bairn. |
BEAR'S-BREECH, n. Brank-ursine or Acanthus, a genus of plants. |
BEARWARD, n. A keeper of bears. |
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