Bearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear |
Bearing (n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self |
Bearing (n.) Patient endurance |
Bearing (n.) 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 |
Bearing (n.) Purport |
Bearing (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth |
Bearing (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports |
Bearing (n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests. |
Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span |
Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing |
Bearing (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates. |
Bearing (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl. |
Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc. |
Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer. |
Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. |
Bearing cloth () A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. |
Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up |
Retainer (n.) One who, or that which, retains. |
Retainer (n.) One who is retained or kept in service |
Retainer (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. |
Retainer (n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. |
Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. |
Retainer (n.) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case |
Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. |
Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. |