Definition of bearing

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Bearing (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.

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Oviferous :: Oviferous (a.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched..
Intelligencing :: Intelligencing (a.) Informing; giving information; talebearing.
Blazon :: Blazon (n.) An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings..
Thuriferous :: Thuriferous (a.) Producing or bearing frankincense.
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth..
Gorged :: Gorged (a.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.
Armiger :: Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire..
Baston :: Baston (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court..
Cloudberry :: Cloudberry (n.) A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamaemerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit..
Siliquous :: Siliquous (a.) Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above..
Rush-bearing :: Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary..
Fur :: Fur (a.) Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade..
Hackberry :: Hackberry (n.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States..
Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
Sonship :: Sonship (n.) The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation..
Disciferous :: Disciferous (a.) Bearing disks.
Overbearing :: Overbearing (a.) Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.
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.
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