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Secret slander; detraction. Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman.

Bearing or producing acorns.

in a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. -- Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. -- Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. --…

A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

tten also bannerol.] From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.

of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.

Wearing rich caparisons. Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow.

Wearing, or protected by, bases. [Obs.] "Based in lawny velvet." E. Hall.

An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.

hink to bear it by speaking a great word. Bacon. She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. Latimer.

Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. "His beavered brow." Pope.

Seen; appearing. [Obs. or Archaic]

e act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. "Fearing a besetment." Kane.

Bearing fruit twice a year.

Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.

One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.

A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n.

A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.