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Bearing or producing cells.

Bearing or producing little cells.

Bearing setæ.

Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.

The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals. -- Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where t…

Having or bearing chalazas.

Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

n looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy, cheguy.]

A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duk…

A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.

Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. [R.] Shak.

One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrallly, near together.

A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. -- Western Chi…

A messenger or servant wearing an official badge. [Anglo- Indian]

Bearing or containing chyme.

Having or wearing a cincture or gridle.

or letter. [Obs.] This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures. Sir W. Raleigh.