| Bearing (bearing) |
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| n. | (bâr"***ibreve]ng) |
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| Bear"ing |
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The manner in which one bears or conducts one's
self; mien; behavior; carriage.
Patient endurance; suffering without
complaint.
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.
Purport; meaning; intended significance;
aspect.
The act, power, or time of producing or giving
birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past
bearing.
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.
The part of
an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the
journal.
Any single emblem or charge in an
escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
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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