Definition of bearing

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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..

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Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms..
Ovigerons :: Ovigerons (a.) Bearing eggs; oviferous.
Hazel :: Hazel (n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert..
Bearing :: 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..
Costiferous :: Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae..
Campanula :: Campanula (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower..
Pedigerous :: Pedigerous (a.) Bearing or having feet or legs.
Demean :: Demean (v. t.) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
Jasmine :: "Jasmine (n.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea..
Endurance :: Endurance (n.) The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience..
Patient :: Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..
Orchard :: Orchard (n.) An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees..
Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer..
Sacciferous :: Sacciferous (a.) Bearing a sac.
Device :: Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing..
Gummiferous :: Gummiferous (a.) Producing gum; gum-bearing.
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
Epiphylospermous :: Epiphylospermous (a.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns..
Comose :: Comose (a.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed..
Panniered :: Panniered (a.) Bearing panniers.
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