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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Ro-setta Stone :: Ro-setta stone () A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt..
Forbearant :: Forbearant (a.) Forbearing.
Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
Important :: Important (v. t.) Bearing on; forcible; driving.
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.
Glandiferous :: Glandiferous (a.) Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees..
Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers..
Palmiferous :: Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.
Spadiceous :: Spadiceous (a.) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Fasciole :: Fasciole (n.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea..
Deiparous :: Deiparous (a.) Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.
Self-sufficient :: Self-sufficient (a.) Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing..
Tridentiferous :: Tridentiferous (a.) Bearing a trident.
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..
Monocarpous :: Monocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc..
Fructiferuos :: Fructiferuos (a.) Bearing or producing fruit.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
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