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of Bear |
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The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self;
mien; behavior; carriage. |
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Patient endurance; suffering without complaint. |
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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. |
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Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect. |
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The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as,
a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing. |
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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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The portion of a support on which anything rests. |
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Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty
feet of bearing between its supports. |
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The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support,
collar, or boxing; the journal. |
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The part of the support on which a journal rests and
rotates. |
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Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of
arms -- commonly in the pl. |
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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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The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. |
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The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed
with cargo or ballast. |
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