Bēar or Bēre1, n.
n. [A-S. bere. See BARLEY.] (Bot.) A species of barley (Hordeum hexastichon) having six rows in the ear, cultivated in Scotland and the north of England;—called also big. London.
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Bear
Bēre2, n.
n. [See BEAR.] A species of barley. [Scottish.] Gray.
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Beâr, v. t. p. 117verbtransitive To support or sustain; to hold up. 2. To support and remove or carry; to convey. Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens. 1 Kings v. 15. I'll bear your logs the while. Shak. 3. To…Beâr, v. i. p. 117verbintransitive To suffer, as with pain. [Rare.] But man is born to bear. Pope. 2. To endure with patience; to be patient. [Rare.] I can not, can not bear. Dryden. 3. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in…Bēar, n. p. 117noun A bier. [Obs.] Spenser.Beār, n. p. 117noun (Zoöl.) A wild plantigrade quadruped of the genus Ursus. It belongs to the carnivorous order, but lives mostly on plants and fruits. Among the species are the brown bear of Europe (Ursus arctos), the…