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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Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Zaim :: Zaim (n.) A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.
Puerperous :: Puerperous (a.) Bearing children.
Cocciferous :: Cocciferous (a.) Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants..
Field :: Field (n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver)..
Veliferous :: Veliferous (a.) Carrying or bearing sails.
Portcullis :: Portcullis (n.) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse..
Graniferous :: Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain..
High-palmed :: High-palmed (a.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
Subordinate :: Subordinary (n.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Filial :: Filial (a.) Bearing the relation of a child.
Disciferous :: Disciferous (a.) Bearing disks.
Hamulose :: Hamulose (a.) Bearing a small hook at the end.
Primiparous :: Primiparous (a.) Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.
Leaved :: Leaved (a.) Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved..
Polyparous :: Polyparous (a.) Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
Lozengy :: Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister..
Campion :: Campion (n.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous..
Dictatory :: Dictatory (a.) Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial.
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.
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