Definition of bearing

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Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..

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Manner :: Manner (n.) Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style..
Hymenium :: Hymenium (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom..
Pride :: Pride (n.) Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
Croise :: Croise (n.) A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Sarmentaceous :: Sarmentaceous (a.) Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry..
Siliquous :: Siliquous (a.) Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
Device :: Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing..
Lucuma :: Lucuma (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
Aristocrat :: Aristocrat (n.) One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
Equal :: Equal (a.) Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task..
Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
Zoophoric :: Zoophoric (a.) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column..
Bearing Rein :: Bearing rein () 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.
Marten :: Marten (n.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable..
Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Puerperous :: Puerperous (a.) Bearing children.
Inantherate :: Inantherate (a.) Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.
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