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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Armigerous :: Armigerous (a.) Bearing arms.
Comose :: Comose (a.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed..
Neptune :: Neptune (n.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter..
Amygdaliferous :: Amygdaliferous (a.) Almond-bearing.
Suit :: Suit (n.) One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds..
Clan :: Clan (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald..
Ornitholite :: Ornitholite (n.) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
Talebearing :: Talebearing (a.) Telling tales officiously.
#NAME? :: -ferous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle..
Lucuma :: Lucuma (n.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
Cross :: Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above..
Proliferous :: Proliferous (a.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae..
Patient :: Patient (a.) Forbearing; long-suffering.
Going :: Going (n.) Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
Equal :: Equal (a.) Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task..
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..
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..
Blackthorn :: Blackthorn (n.) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe..
Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..
Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
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