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One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Bearing a club or a key.

Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.

embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak.

A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamæmerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.

k; as, the horses coats were sleek. Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. Milton.

Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferrous trees or plants.

The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. Knight. Ball cock. See under Ball. -- Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. -- Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zoöl.) See Sage cock. -- Cock of the rock (Zoöl.), a South Amer…

A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.

One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.

afford the proper and adequate remedy; they imply rather an augmentation of the power of bearing, than a diminution of the burden." Johnson.

Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.

One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. [Obs.] "Every beardless vain comparative." Shak.

ifferences; relative estimate. As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench.

he people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam. And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21.

Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] Barrow.

Behavior; comport. [Obs.] Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.

Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley. Her serious and devout comportment. Addison.