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Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.

r, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.…

p. p. of Forbear.

Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. "The shard-borne beetle." Shak.

One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.

curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.

A little circle borne as a charge.

ength and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.

The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.

r cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident; and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles damaged, or by their insurers. -- Petty averages are sundry small charges, which occur regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in the usual course of a voyage; such as…

A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc.]

large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

subdivision of fungi coördinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous (, a.

An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

d, or direct. "Thus must thou thy body bear." Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct. Hath he borne himself penitently in prison Shak.