Part 978

<h1>Bearing</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.</def>

<blockquote>I know him by his <b>bearing</b>. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.</def>

<blockquote>But of this frame, the <b>bearings</b> and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies. <i> Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; <as>as, a tree in full <ex>bearing</ex>; a tree past <ex>bearing</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>[His mother] in travail of his <b>bearing</b>. <i>R. of Gloucester.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; <as>as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of <ex>bearing</ex> upon the wall</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The portion of a support on which anything rests.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Improperly, the unsupported span; <as>as, the beam has twenty feet of <ex>bearing</ex> between its supports</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def>

<blockquote>A carriage covered with armorial <b>bearings</b>. <i> Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; <as>as, the <ex>bearing</ex> of the cape was W. N. W.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.</def>

<cs><col>Ball bearings</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ball</er>.</cd> -- <col>To bring one to his bearings</col>, <cd>to bring one to his senses.</cd> -- <col>To lose one's bearings</col>, <cd>to become bewildered.</cd> -- <col>To take bearings</col>, <cd>to ascertain by the compass the position of an object; to ascertain the relation of one object or place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (<mark>Fig.<mark>), to ascertain the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Deportment; gesture; mien; behavior; manner; carriage; demeanor; port; conduct; direction; relation; tendency; influence.</syn>

<h1>Bearing cloth</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"ing cloth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bearing rein</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"ing rein`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a <i>checkrein</i>.</def>

<h1>Bearish</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.</def>

<i>Harris.</i>

<h1>Bearishness</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Behavior like that of a bear.</def>

<h1>Bearn</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bearn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bairn</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>