Definition of bearing

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Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W..

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Ornitholite :: Ornitholite (n.) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..
Liguliflorous :: Liguliflorous (a.) Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc..
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.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Childbearing :: Childbearing (n.) The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.
Air :: Air (n.) The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air..
Cornuted :: Cornuted (a.) Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
Sycite :: Sychnocarpous (a.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants..
High-palmed :: High-palmed (a.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
Gemmuliferous :: Gemmuliferous (a.) Bearing or producing gemmules or buds.
Pruniferous :: Pruniferous (a.) Bearing plums.
Doniferous :: Doniferous (a.) Bearing gifts.
Demean :: Demean (v. t.) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
Hetercephalous :: Hetercephalous (a.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble..
Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The act of bearing a child.
Gonimous :: Gonimous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells..
Cleche :: Cleche (a.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided..
Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..
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