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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Dialing :: Dialing (n.) A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor..
Cornuted :: Cornuted (a.) Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
Lanciferous :: Lanciferous (a.) Bearing a lance.
Insolence :: Insolence (n.) The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.
Bearing Cloth :: Bearing cloth () A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.
Childing :: Childing (v. i.) Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful.
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..
Pomiferous :: Pomiferous (a.) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple..
Forbearing :: Forbearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbea.
Interfretted :: Interfretted (a.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.
Holstered :: Holstered (a.) Bearing holsters.
Superfine :: Superficies (n.) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil..
Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers..
Auriferous :: Auriferous (a.) Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Pseudonymous :: Pseudonymous (a.) Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work..
Nuciferous :: Nuciferous (a.) Bearing, or producing, nuts..
Marsh Marigold :: Marsh marigold () A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip..
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..
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