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n. One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. “Bearers of burdens.” 2 Chron. ii. 18. “The bearer of unhappy news.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that besmears. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear"ed*ness n. [1913 Webster]

Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages, come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. Shak. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blear-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cleared. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, clears. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] 1. A spoon. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med) A spoonful. Dungleson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the ears cropped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R.C.Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book; as, an old book with dog-eared pages. Making a page dog-eared is sometimes done deliberately to mark a location in a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. worn down, shabby.
Syn. -- eared. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eared owl (Zoöl.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the long-eared owl, and short-eared owl. --
Eared seal (Zoöl.), any seal of the family Otariidæ, including the fur seals and hair seals. See Seal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With affection or endearment; dearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being endeared. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fears. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forbears. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hears; an auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. W. llaf that extends round, llipa flaccid, flapping, G. lapp flabby, lappohr flap ear. ] Having large, pendent ears. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who helps carry a stretcher.
Syn. -- stretcher-bearer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having ears which droop or hang down; as, a lop-eared hound. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an official who carries the mace of office before persons in authority.
Syn. -- mace, macer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A person who holds an office; an officeholder. [ Chiefly British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear; monaural. Opposite of binaural.
Syn. -- monaural. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, rears. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [ Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who shears. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reaper. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine for crushing or hammering stone. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A profane person; one who uses profane language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then the liars and swearers are fools. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose office it is to carry a torch. [ 1913 Webster ]