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One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.

A man who tends a bear.

A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Car

The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage. I know him by his bearing. Shak.

A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.

A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship.

Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.

Behavior like that of a bear.

See Bairn. [Obs.]

The skin of a bear.

A keeper of bears. See Bearherd. [R.] Shak.

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Prov. xii. 10.

State or nature of a beast.

See Biestings.

Beastliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Like a beast.

The state or quality of being beastly.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.

To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum. Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small. Ex. xxx. 36. They did beat the gold into thin plates. Ex. xxxix. 3.…