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way of descent; to trace origin to. How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes H. Spencer.

A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." Shak.

hamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.

ow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

Gait; bearing. The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper's Mag.

yde. -- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. -- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. -- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.

ium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

Behavior; bearing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants.

Bearing catkins. Balfour.

Almond-bearing.

Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becom…

dian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.

Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc.

A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]