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bearer
(encz) | bearer,doručitel Zdeněk Brož |
bearer
(encz) | bearer,držitel n: Zdeněk Brož |
bearer
(encz) | bearer,nositel n: Zdeněk Brož |
bearer
(encz) | bearer,nosník n: Zdeněk Brož |
bearer
(encz) | bearer,posel v: Zdeněk Brož |
Bearer
(gcide) | Bearer \Bear"er\ (b[^a]r"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
"Bearers of burdens." --2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of
unhappy news." --Dryden.
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2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the
grave; a pallbearer. --Milton.
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3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]
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4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
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5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order
for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
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6. (Print.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off
the impression from a blank page; also, a type or
type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to
support the plate when it is shaved.
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bearer
(wn) | bearer
n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the
bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier,
bearer, toter]
2: a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"
3: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn:
pallbearer, bearer]
4: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or
document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds
it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'" [syn: holder,
bearer] |
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flagbearer
(mass) | flag-bearer
- vlajkonosič |
bearers
(encz) | bearers,nositelé n: Zdeněk Brožbearers,poslové Zdeněk Brož |
color bearer
(encz) | color bearer, n: |
cupbearer
(encz) | cupbearer, n: |
flag bearer
(encz) | flag bearer,vlajkonoš Zdeněk Brož |
flag-bearer
(encz) | flag-bearer,vlajkonoš Zdeněk Brož |
litter-bearer
(encz) | litter-bearer, n: |
live-bearer
(encz) | live-bearer, n: |
macebearer
(encz) | macebearer,pedel n: Jiří Dadákmacebearer,žezlonoš n: Jiří Dadák |
office-bearer
(encz) | office-bearer, n: |
pall-bearers
(encz) | pall-bearers, |
pallbearer
(encz) | pallbearer,nosič rakve n: Petr Prášekpallbearer,pohřební zřízenec n: kdo nese rakev Zdeněk Brož |
standard-bearer
(encz) | standard-bearer, |
stretcher-bearer
(encz) | stretcher-bearer, n: |
talebearer
(encz) | talebearer,drbna n: Zdeněk Brož |
torch-bearer
(encz) | torch-bearer,nositel pochodně Zdeněk Brož |
torchbearer
(encz) | torchbearer,nositel pochodně Zdeněk Brož |
trainbearer
(encz) | trainbearer, n: |
Armor-bearer
(gcide) | Armor-bearer \Ar"mor-bear`er\, n.
One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
--Judg. ix. 54.
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Bearer
(gcide) | Bearer \Bear"er\ (b[^a]r"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
"Bearers of burdens." --2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of
unhappy news." --Dryden.
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2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the
grave; a pallbearer. --Milton.
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3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]
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4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
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5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order
for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
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6. (Print.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off
the impression from a blank page; also, a type or
type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to
support the plate when it is shaved.
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Bell bearer
(gcide) | Bell bearer \Bell" bear`er\ (Zool.)
A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum),
remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.
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Bow bearer
(gcide) | Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS.
b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See
Bow, v. t.]
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1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
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I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13.
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2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic
material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of
which an arrow is propelled.
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3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by
doubling a ribbon or string.
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4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and
fastens it to the yoke.
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5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a
number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,
used in playing on a stringed instrument.
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6. An arcograph.
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7. (Mech. & Manuf.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic
rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving
reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and
arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
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8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking
the sun's altitude at sea.
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9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the
arched forward part of a saddletree.
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Bow bearer (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest
who looked after trespassers.
Bow drill, a drill worked by a bow and string.
Bow instrument (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which
the tones are produced by the bow.
Bow window (Arch.) See Bay window.
To draw a long bow, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]
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Cross-bearer
(gcide) | Cross-bearer \Cross"-bear`er\ (-b?r`?r), n. (R.C.Ch.)
A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate
on solemn occasions.
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Cupbearer
(gcide) | Cupbearer \Cup"bear`er\ (-b[^a]r`[~e]r), n.
1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an
entertainment.
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2. (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble,
permanently charged with the performance of this office
for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." --Neh. i.
11.
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Ensign bearer
(gcide) | ensign \en"sign\ ([e^]n"s[i^]n also [e^]n"s[imac]n, except for
4a), n. [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a
distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See
Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.]
1. A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or
a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a
body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags
indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers,
or private signals, and the like.
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Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still.
--Shak.
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2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
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He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.
--Is. v. 26.
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3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
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The ensigns of our power about we bear. --Waller.
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4.
(a) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who
carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
(b) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the
navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant
in the army. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Note: In the British army the rank of ensign was abolished in
1871. In the United States army the rank is not
recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a
sergeant called the color sergeant.
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Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign.
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Forbearer
(gcide) | Forbearer \For*bear"er\, n.
One who forbears. --Tusser.
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Frost bearer
(gcide) | Frost \Frost\ (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst,
frost. fr. fre['o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG.,
Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See Freeze, v. i.]
1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
of water; congelation of fluids.
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2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions
congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
freezing weather.
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The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
--Shak.
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3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps.
cxlvii. 16.
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4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
character. [R.]
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It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
wreath. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
cause it to turn black, without the formation of
hoarfrost.
Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument
illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
cryophorus.
Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,
acid berries.
Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand
lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
especially in lighthouses. --Knight.
Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
shoe to keep him from slipping.
Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
cold.
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The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
strange black
obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
--Kane.
Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
freeze.
Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.
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litter-bearer
(gcide) | litter-bearer \litter-bearer\ n.
one who helps carry a stretcher.
Syn: stretcher-bearer.
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live-bearer
(gcide) | live-bearer \live-bearer\ n.
Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually
brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh
or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.
Syn: topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid.
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mace bearer
(gcide) | macebearer \macebearer\, mace bearer \mace bearer\n.
an official who carries the mace of office before persons in
authority.
Syn: mace, macer.
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macebearer
(gcide) | macebearer \macebearer\, mace bearer \mace bearer\n.
an official who carries the mace of office before persons in
authority.
Syn: mace, macer.
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Office bearer
(gcide) | Office \Of"fice\, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops
ability, wealth, help + facere to do or make. See Opulent,
Fact.]
1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by
appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary
duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to
man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
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I would I could do a good office between you.
--Shak.
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2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by
authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or
authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal
office.
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3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God
himself; as, the office of a priest under the old
dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
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Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I
magnify mine office. --Rom. xi. 13.
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4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done,
by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to
perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent
beings.
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They [the eyes] resign their office and their light.
--Shak.
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Hesperus, whose office is to bring
Twilight upon the earth. --Milton.
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In this experiment the several intervals of the
teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms.
--Sir I.
Newton.
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5. The place where any kind of business or service for others
is transacted; a building, suite of rooms, or room in
which public officers or workers in any organization
transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's
office; the doctor's office; the Mayor's office.
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6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose
place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the
office.
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7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics
discharge the duties attached to the service of a house,
as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.]
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As for the offices, let them stand at distance.
--Bacon.
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8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the
Mass; any prescribed religious service.
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This morning was read in the church, after the
office was done, the declaration setting forth the
late conspiracy against the king's person. --Evelyn.
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Holy office. Same as Inquisition, n., 3.
Houses of office. Same as def. 7 above. --Chaucer.
Little office (R. C. Ch.), an office recited in honor of
the Virgin Mary.
Office bearer, an officer; one who has a specific office or
duty to perform.
Office copy (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a
record, from the proper office. See Certified copies,
under Copy. --Abbott.
Office-found (Law), the finding of an inquest of office.
See under Inquest.
Office holder. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary
Office hours. the hours of the day during which business is
transacted at an office[5].
Office seeker. a person who is attempting to get elected to
an elected office, or to get an appointment to an
appointive public office.
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office-bearer
(gcide) | office-bearer \office-bearer\ n.
A person who holds an office; an officeholder. [Chiefly
British]
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pallbearer
(gcide) | pallbearer \pall"bear*er\ (p[add]l"b[^a]r*[~e]r), n.
One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called
from the pall being formerly carried by them.
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Sack bearer
(gcide) | Sack \Sack\, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, saecc, L. saccus, Gr.
sa`kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. Sac,
Satchel, Sack to plunder.]
1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a
receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as
cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
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2. A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage
and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215
pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. --McElrath.
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3. [Perhaps a different word.] Originally, a loosely hanging
garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders,
and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an
outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing
sack. [Written also sacque.]
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4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending
from top to bottom without a cross seam.
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5. (Biol.) See 2d Sac, 2.
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Sack bearer (Zool.). See Basket worm, under Basket.
Sack tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree ({Antiaris
saccidora}) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks
by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the
wood for a bottom.
To give the sack to or get the sack, to discharge, or be
discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted.
[Slang]
To hit the sack, to go to bed. [Slang]
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Shield-bearer
(gcide) | Shield-bearer \Shield"-bear`er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
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2. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose
larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits
of leaves.
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Spire bearer
(gcide) | Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
spire.]
1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
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2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
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Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.
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Standard bearer
(gcide) | Standard \Stand"ard\ (-[~e]rd), n. [OF. estendart, F.
['e]tendard, probably fr. L. extendere to spread out, extend,
but influenced by E. stand. See Extend.]
1. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other
ensign.
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His armies, in the following day,
On those fair plains their standards proud display.
--Fairfax.
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2. That which is established by authority as a rule for the
measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the
original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by
government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
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3. That which is established as a rule or model by authority,
custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
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The court, which used to be the standard of
propriety and correctness of speech. --Swift.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to
improve, taken together, would be my standard of a
statesman. --Burke.
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4. (Coinage) The proportion of weights of fine metal and
alloy established by authority.
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By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two
shillings is coined out of one pound weight of
silver. --Arbuthnot.
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5. (Hort.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem,
and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller
species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
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In France part of their gardens is laid out for
flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some
against walls. --Sir W.
Temple.
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6. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous
corolla.
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7. (Mech. & Carp.) An upright support, as one of the poles of
a scaffold; any upright in framing.
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8. (Shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the
deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch
turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
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9. The sheth of a plow.
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10. A large drinking cup. --Greene.
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Standard bearer, an officer of an army, company, or troop,
who bears a standard; -- commonly called color sergeantor
color bearer; hence, the leader of any organization; as,
the standard bearer of a political party.
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Sword bearer
(gcide) | Sword \Sword\ (s[=o]rd), n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to
OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G.
schwert, Icel. sver[eth], Sw. sv[aum]rd, Dan. svaerd; of
uncertain origin.]
1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually
sharp-pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is
the general term, including the small sword, rapier,
saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
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2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or
of authority and power.
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He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom.
xiii. 4.
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She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.
--Dryden.
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3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
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I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x.
34.
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4. The military power of a country.
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He hath no more authority over the sword than over
the law. --Milton.
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5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand
loom is suspended.
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Sword arm, the right arm.
Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and
which can be used as a sword.
Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an
officer in London who carries a sword before the lord
mayor when he goes abroad.
Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne
at the side.
Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.
Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or
dagger, as in a sheath.
Sword dance.
(a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed
together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott.
(b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but
without touching them.
Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with
swords; swordplay.
Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen.
Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.
Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence.
--Milton.
Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus.
Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so
called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
Sword shrimp (Zool.), a European shrimp ({Pasiphaea
sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body.
Sword stick, a sword cane.
To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t.
To put to the sword. See under Put.
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Talebearer
(gcide) | Talebearer \Tale"bear`er\ (t[=a]l"b[^a]r`[~e]r), n.
One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or
maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and
makes mischief.
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Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did
their best to inflame her resentment. --Macaulay.
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Torchbearer
(gcide) | Torchbearer \Torch"bear`er\, n.
One whose office it is to carry a torch.
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Trainbearer
(gcide) | Trainbearer \Train"bear`er\, n.
One who holds up a train, as of a robe.
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Underbearer
(gcide) | Underbearer \Un"der*bear`er\, n.
One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one
of those who bear the corpse, as distinguished from a
bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
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Water-bearer
(gcide) | Water-bearer \Wa"ter-bear`er\, n. (Astron.)
The constellation Aquarius.
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aquarius the water bearer
(wn) | Aquarius the Water Bearer
n 1: the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign
from about January 20 to February 18 [syn: Aquarius,
Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer] |
armor-bearer
(wn) | armor-bearer
n 1: a squire carrying the armor of a knight [syn: armiger,
armor-bearer] |
bearer bond
(wn) | bearer bond
n 1: a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be
presented to the issuer for interest payments [syn: {coupon
bond}, bearer bond] |
bearer of the sword
(wn) | Bearer of the Sword
n 1: a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate
Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines;
uses bombing and assassination and extortion and
kidnapping; "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and
beheaded one of the American captives" [syn: Abu Sayyaf,
Bearer of the Sword] |
color bearer
(wn) | color bearer
n 1: the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in
military parades or in battle [syn: color bearer,
standard-bearer] |
cupbearer
(wn) | cupbearer
n 1: the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's
household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine |
litter-bearer
(wn) | litter-bearer
n 1: one who helps carry a stretcher [syn: stretcher-bearer,
litter-bearer] |
live-bearer
(wn) | live-bearer
n 1: small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding
fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in
mosquito control [syn: topminnow, poeciliid fish,
poeciliid, live-bearer] |
macebearer
(wn) | macebearer
n 1: an official who carries a mace of office [syn:
macebearer, mace, macer] |
office-bearer
(wn) | office-bearer
n 1: the person who holds an office |
pallbearer
(wn) | pallbearer
n 1: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn:
pallbearer, bearer] |
standard-bearer
(wn) | standard-bearer
n 1: an outstanding leader of a political movement
2: the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military
parades or in battle [syn: color bearer, standard-bearer] |
stretcher-bearer
(wn) | stretcher-bearer
n 1: one who helps carry a stretcher [syn: stretcher-bearer,
litter-bearer] |
talebearer
(wn) | talebearer
n 1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattletale,
tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale,
blabbermouth] |
torchbearer
(wn) | torchbearer
n 1: a leader in a campaign or movement |
trainbearer
(wn) | trainbearer
n 1: one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a
ceremonial occasion |
water bearer
(wn) | Water Bearer
n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Aquarius [syn: Aquarius, Water Bearer]
2: the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about January 20 to February 18 [syn: Aquarius, {Aquarius
the Water Bearer}, Water Bearer] |
bearer channel
(foldoc) | bearer channel
Originally, a channel suited for carrying one
voice-grade connection. Typically a DS0 channel.
Compare data channel.
(1997-03-7)
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BEARERS
(bouvier) | BEARERS, Eng. crim. law. Such as bear down or oppress others; maintainers.
In Ruffhead's Statutes it is employed to translate the French word
emparnours, which signifies, according to Kelham, undertakers of suits. 4
Ed. III. c. 11. This word is no longer used in this sense.
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MACE-BEARER
(bouvier) | MACE-BEARER, Eng. law. An officer attending the court of session.
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