A frame which supports the pivot or gudgeon of a wheel or axle in a mill or similar structure. Now rare.

Used elliptically for various things made of brass: esp. A bearing or block for a shaft.

In a machine: a component that supports a moving part, restricts its motion to that of a particular kind (e.g. rotational), and is designed to…

The supporting part of a bearing (bearing, n.1 13).

Mechanics. The lower bearing or block on which a vertical pivot, shaft or the like rotates.

A bearing (bearing, n.1 13). Obsolete. rare.

= footstep bearing n. at compounds.

A bearing or supporting piece on which an axle or other moving part rests; esp. (in early use) one on which a church bell swung.

a bearing that sustains the foot of a vertical shaft or spindle; = footstep, n. 6c.

a bearing analogous to a ball bearing, having inner and outer races in which metal rollers are confined by a cage; cf. roller race n.

a bearing designed to receive a thrust in machinery; spec. the bearing in which revolves the foremost length of propeller-shafting in a screw…

(a) Nautical in iron ships, a plate of iron upon which the mast-heel rests when fixed in position; (b) Mechanics a metal bearing.

= thrust-bearing n.

(a) a compass bearing read from a needle; (b) a bearing using needle rollers.

the support of a shaft or axle.

(see quot.).

a bearing consisting of a cylindrical hole in a block.

a bearing which automatically falls out of position to make way for a gear travelling upon the shaft which it supports.

a bearing for a shaft in which the housing and bush are each split laterally into two parts for ease of assembly.

a form of bearing in which an axle or shaft turns in a lubricated sleeve.

a box-bearing which sustains the end-thrust of a shaft (Cent. Dict.).

a roller bearing in which the rollers are tapered slightly and lie at an angle to the axis of the bearing, so as to provide resistance to thrust…