单词 | bearer |
释义 | bearern. In many senses (and in earliest use) frequently or more commonly as the second element in compounds, with the first element denoting what is borne. For examples treated at the first element, see notes at individual senses. I. Senses relating to bear v.1 I. 1. a. A person who, or animal which, carries, brings, or transports something, esp. something heavy or cumbersome; a carrier, a porter. Now chiefly in figurative contexts, esp. in collocation with burden. Cf. sense 11.Recorded earliest in water-bearer n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > action of carrying > one who carries bearereOE portera1382 carriera1398 beringa1500 portator?c1500 Christopher?1548 manuporter1688 toter1817 humper1961 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > person who bearereOE portera1382 carriera1398 load-man1487 coal-heaver1654 light porter1772 toter1817 packer1871 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > porter bearereOE bermanc1000 portera1382 carriera1460 crocheteur1579 off-bearer1856 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 104 Cum lixarum [coetibus], mid wæterbererum. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlvi. 2 Oure chargis with heuy berthene..to-brosyd ben..thei myȝten not sauen the berere [L. portantem]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28729 And þe birthin be til vn-mete, þe berer lijs þer-wit be strete Or him be-houis it cast him fra Quen he mai noght þar vnder ga. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bolsters whyche bearers of burdens, as porters do weare for freatynge. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xli. 35) 321 Neither was this a penny-pouch, but a bag so big, as needed a bearer. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iv. 75 To croud about the Sedan..to make the Bearers stop. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1880) 235 The scolex [sc. a tapeworm] apparently leads an independent life in water, and its intermediary bearer (supposed by some to be a fish..) is at present unknown. 1963 Pittsburgh Courier 28 Sept. 18 Schenley..was invaded one recent Sunday afternoon by bearers of ‘way out’ paintings, carvers of futuristic tree trunks, and be-sneakered exponents of ‘beatnik’ poetry. 2011 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 24 Dec. 57/1 During discussion in Parliament about the effect of refugees on India's economy, a recurring theme was the frustration that India was the sole bearer of the burden. b. A carrier, bringer, or transporter of something immaterial. Cf. sense 2.See also light-bearer at light n.1 Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Siiiiv Lucifer: that is to say, the lyght berar. a1627 W. Sclater Brief Comm. Malachy (1650) 117 He may shew himself, though he be a bearer of evil, yet to be not lover of it. 1741 D. Watson in tr. Horace Odes Epodes & Carmen Seculare 332 Of all the other Birds, the Eagle only is never hurt by Thunder; for which reason he has been feigned to be the Bearer of it. 1867 Yorks. Gaz. 9 Nov. 2/3 These clear, bright mountain streams are, by man's carelessness and wantonness, made at last to be bearers of disease and death instead of health and life. 1953 K. Jackson Lang. & Hist. in Early Brit. 3 Until fairly recently, the term Brythonic, coined by Rhys, was regularly used to describe the language brought to Britain by the bearers of that variety of primitive Celtic speech known as P-Celtic. 2011 Science 28 Jan. 421/2 The beautiful multiarmed Hindu goddess Saraswati, who is widely worshiped throughout India as the bearer of enlightenment. c. A person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral, or who escorts it in procession; a pall-bearer. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > corpse-bearer bearer1603 the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > pall-bearer bearer1603 pallbearer1707 pall-holder1769 pall-supporter1904 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D A mingle-mangle, viz. dumpish Mourners, merry Sextons, hungry Coffin-sellers, scrubbing Bearers, and nastie Graue-makers. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 291 A burial..not one..bearer being dressed in black. 1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 179 The tramp of the bearers and horses Beats out the death-march on the air. 1922 Asia & Americas Feb. 153/1 The bearers set the coffin on the ground, and each relative and neighbor took a last look at the beloved face. 2016 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 7 Dec. (People section) 37 David, her eldest son, led the bearers, sons, Douglas, Christopher, Alistair and Adrian, who were followed by the rest of the family mourners. d. Originally, in British India: a person employed to carry a palanquin; cf. palanquin-bearer n. at palanquin n. Compounds; (hence) a domestic servant; esp. one in charge of the clothes, furniture, and money of a household, or one who undertakes childcare (now historical). Now, in South Asia, esp. Pakistan: a domestic servant, esp. one who serves food; (also) a waiter in a club or restaurant.A bearer as a domestic servant was originally the head of a team of palanquin bearers attached to a particular household, who was entrusted with other duties as described above. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > litter- or palanquin-bearer litter-man1505 litter-bearer1552 palanquin boy1698 bearer1727 hamal1757 palki bearer1779 palanquin-bearer1792 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet manc1175 valet1567 varlet of the chamber1567 point-trusser1594 valect1610 valet-de-chambre1646 Andrew1700 gentleman's gentleman1704 bearer1727 sirdar-bearer1782 sardar1816 tiring-man1856 Jeeves1952 1727 ‘S. Brunt’ Voy. to Cacklogallinia 39 The Minister got into his Palanquin, and his four Bearers flew off with him with that incredible Swiftness, his Attendance had much ado to keep up with him. 1800 J. Gilchrist Anti-jargonist Introd. p. ix Some casts of Hindoo bearers, less scrupulous on more important matters, will not pour the hot water brought by them for tea upon eggs. 1816 Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady vii. 39 The bearers had nothing to do but to carry their Lady to church. 1880 G. A. Mackay 21 Days in India (1882) 92 The Ayah and Bearer sit with Baby in the verandah. 1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) xi. 310 DEA very pleased with this luxury: man to open garage door, two bearers to bring in food, many cooks and cleaners, chauffeur, and many more. 2016 Pakistan Observer (Nexis) 30 Jan. The raiding team also found the chef and cook and even the bearers in old, dirty clothes. e. Army (chiefly British and in former British colonies). Originally, in the British Indian Army: a doolie bearer (see doolie n. 1). Later: a stretcher bearer; esp. a soldier whose duty is to carry the wounded on a stretcher from the battlefield to an ambulance or a field hospital. Frequently as modifier denoting a division of an army, in bearer company, bearer corps. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > medical division bearer company1810 RAMC1898 1810 W. S. Greene Code Pay Reg. Var. Mil. Establishments 171 To each European Regiment, and to each Regiment of Native Cavalry, and to each Battalion of Native Infantry, in Cantonments, and in the Field, will be allowed one Sirdar Bearer.., and Five Bearers for each Doolie. 1870 Standard 23 Aug. 6/5 If brigaded together, the bearer corps being tripled in number, a commandant would have to be appointed. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 352/1 The bearer company..is composed of three officers, thirteen non-commissioned officers, and forty-eight privates of the Royal Army Medical Corps, with a detachment of the Army Service Corps for transport duties. 2015 M. Johnston Stretcher-bearers 10 Misunderstandings about the use of red cross flags occasionally led to bearers being shot, but there were many more occasions when bearers were deliberately attacked. 2. A person who brings or delivers a gift, a letter, a message, etc., esp. on behalf of another (often named by that person as ‘the bearer’ in the letter or message). Also: a person who brings or passes on news, intelligence, a rumour, etc. Now chiefly in the bearer of bad news (also) tidings. Cf. this bearer n. at this pron., adj., and n. Compounds.Recorded earliest in figurative context, in errand-bearer n. at errand n. Compounds 1a.gift-bearer, newsbearer, rumour-bearer, scandal-bearer, talebearer, tidings-bearer: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger erendrakec825 bodec888 apostlec950 sand1038 sandesman1123 sanderbodec1200 bearer?c1225 errand-bearer?c1225 messenger?c1225 erindeberea1250 sand-manc1275 beadsman1377 herald1377 messagea1382 runnera1382 sendmana1400 interpreter1490 nuntius1534 post1535 pursuivant?1536 nuncius1573 nuncio1587 carrier1594 nunciate1596 mercury1597 chiaus1599 foreranger1612 postera1614 irisa1616 missivea1616 chouse1632 angela1637 caduceator1684 purpose messenger1702 errand-bringer1720 harkara1747 commissionaire1749 carrier pigeon1785 errander1803 errand-porter1818 tchaush1819 card carrier1845 errand-goer1864 choush1866 ghulam1882 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 49 Þe licht echȝe..is as erende beorere of þe lichte heorte. 1402 in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1932) 8 260 (MED) Þat ȝe sende hyt hyder by þe berer of þis letter. 1566 J. Knox Hist. Reformation in Wks. (1846) I. 268 The rest of our myndis this faythfull berare will schaw you at lenth. 1695 S. Pepys Let. 15 Apr. in Mem. (1828) V. 213 You may be surprised..that..I come so soon to ask, for another, a favour it is so little a while since I troubled you for to myself. It is in behalf of this young man, the bearer. 1754 J. Hervey Let. 16 June in Lett. to F. Shirley (1782) lxviii. 205 I am not the Bestower, but only the Bearer of the Gift. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 589 Some of the messengers were honest fanatics: but others were mere mercenaries, and trafficked in the secrets of which they were the bearers. 1910 Improvem. Era Jan. 229 Not until then did it occur to me that a gossip was a bearer of tales, a scandal-monger, or one addicted to slander. 2006 K. W. Bender Moneymakers vi. 144 The company..preferred to blame the bearer of bad news for the missteps. 3. a. The wearer of a garment, ornament, badge, etc. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxxxviii. 872 Sardius þat is al reede saueþ his berere [L. gestantem] fro enchauntement and fro wicchecrafte. 1606 H. Clapham Man. Bibles Doctr. 244 Whither all such people commaunding bee not limmes of Antichrist, and the vndergoers bearers of the badge of Antichrist? 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Mural On the Circle of this Coronet there were Lions engraven, to express the undaunted Valour of the Bearer. 1858 C. A. Bristed Pieces Broken-Down Critic I. 85 Let us admit that a livery necessarily shows the bearer of it to be a servant. 2019 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 26 May a1 Of all the medals and awards that Steve Melnikoff received.., the Combat Infantry Badge means the most to him. It signifies the bearer ‘had intimate contact with the enemy,’ he said. b. A person who carries a weapon upon his or her person, esp. visibly. Also: a person whose job or ceremonial role is to carry a symbol of authority, rank, office, etc., or the flag of a particular country or institution (esp. a military unit).ensign bearer, flag bearer, gun bearer, mace bearer, mitre bearer, ring bearer, sceptre bearer, wand bearer, etc.: see the first element. See also standard-bearer n. ΚΠ 1467–8 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 328 (MED) Robert Fitz Rery, yeman, shalbe berror of the fotemen banner. 1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection Ep. Ded. sig. Aiiiv Spurning at the act..which..declared your Highnesse to bee the supreme bearer of the sworde. 1716 L. Howel Compl. Hist. Holy Bible III. vii. 319 The Bearers of these Standards had each Six Wings. 1848 W. Siborne Hist. War in 1815 (ed. 3) I. x. 265 Amidst the crowd..was an officer, the bearer of the eagle of the 105th regiment. 1954 E. Huxley Four Guineas (1955) 39 The white-robed chief walking majestically, followed by the bearer of his silver-headed staff. 2018 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 22 Nov. Whether the weapon can be carried to a place depends on whether the bearer has a permit to carry it to the place he is going to and whether it is not prohibited to carry a weapon there. 4. Something in, on, or by means of which an object is carried or transported; esp. (English regional and (now chiefly) Irish English) a movable stand on which a coffin is carried; a bier.The sense in quot. c1450 is uncertain.See also cloak-bearer n. at cloak n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] bearerc1450 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5135 (MED) I fra myn erd wayue Berrers of ane Ebyn-tree & brilles a thousand. 1815 G. J. Guthrie On Gun-shot Wounds 35 I removed an officer.., four hours after amputation at the shoulder joint, a distance of thirteen miles, on a bearer carried by six men. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. (at cited word) In Kent the bier is sometimes called a bearer. 1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 116 Nos. 8 and 9 bring up hot shot on a bearer. 1915 P. MacGill Rat-pit x. 99 The coffin was again closed and lifted on the wooden bearer. 2009 A. Ridge Death Customs Rural Ireland iii. 105 Most accounts describe the coffin being borne on a bearer but Michael Gilligan, of Curraghboy, south Roscommon, who was aged 92 years, in 1959, saw sheets being used. 5. A person who presents a cheque or other order to pay money. Cf. bearer cheque n. at Compounds 3. payable to bearer (of a cheque): payable to any person who presents it at a bank; contrasted with payable to order, i.e., to a named recipient. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > a promissory note or bill of exchange > holder of bearera1460 possessor1682 noteholder1802 a1460 Richard, Duke of York Order to Receiver (Vesp. F.iii) f. 15 That ye deliuer vnto oure trusty & welbeloued seruant Iohn Langley or the berer herof in his name vj l xiiij s iiij d. 1589 J. Browne Marchants Avizo 53 Worshipful: may it please you to pay vpon this my second bill (my first not being payed) vnto R. N. or the bearer hereof. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1862/8 A Note..for Ninety nine Pounds..paid to Edward Callender or Bearer. ?1790 Stamp Duties 9 Bills of Exchange, Draft or Order on demand, and Promissory or other Note, payable to bearer on demand, reissuable from time to time (after payment thereof) at the place where first issued. 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 212 Open cheque, an uncrossed cheque, payable to Bearer or to Order on presentation. 1908 Rec. Supreme Court U.S. No. 92 163 The substance of what Lorenz said then was that perhaps he, witness, did not want his company to know that he was getting these remittances back, so then witness said to him: ‘You can send it by check or draft to bearer, and I will collect it in that way’. 2017 Business Line (Nexis) 10 Oct. A currency carries value because it is issued by a central bank on behalf of the government and the latter promises to pay the bearer the sum written on the currency. 6. A person who possesses a specified attribute, character, or quality. Also: the holder of a rank, office, title, or name.Recorded earliest in two-face-bearer n. at two adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1e(c).See also office-bearer n., soul bearer n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > a thing having certain qualities naturea1393 bearer?1518 quale1654 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Flaterers and two face berers. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 99 The beauty that is borne here in the face: The bearer knowes not. View more context for this quotation 1706 R. Ferguson Hist. Revol. 55 The Right to Government therefore must in this Place be distinguished from the Office of Governing; to the actual Bearer of which Office we seem to be constituted Subjects both by our Saviour's and St Paul's Rule. 1896 I. Zangwill Without Prejudice xxiv. 219 His minister had preached upon the subject of names, laying it down that in every name lurked a subtle virtue,—or vice; the former the bearer of the name was in duty bound to cultivate, the latter to root out. 1957 E. Fromm Art of Loving (1993) iv. 97 In contemporary capitalistic society..the men suggested for admiration and emulation are everything but bearers of significant spiritual qualities. 2017 CNN Wire (Nexis) 23 May As the longest-serving bearer of that title, it's fair to say that 007 wouldn't be the force that it has remained without him. 7. Heraldry. A person who is entitled to bear heraldic arms; a user of a particular coat of arms.For additional heraldic use, see sense 13. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [noun] > armiger armigerc1550 bearer1559 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates George Plantagenet f. lxxixv For all the broode of Warwickes geve the Bear, The Buckinghames do likewise geve the swan: But which Bear bearer shoulde the lyon teare. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. x. 115 Sable and Or..may well beseeme a Bearer, whose sober and well composed conditions are accompanied with the lustre of shining vertues. 1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) i. 19 Such [tinctures] as should be used for marks of disgrace in the Bearers. 1885 G. E. Cockayne Let. (O.E.D. Archive) We never use the word ‘bearers’ for ‘supporters’: the ‘bearers’ of the arms of Howard are the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Carlisle, etc., themselves, not the supporters used by these noblemen. 1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 411/2 Four excellent indexes of heraldic devices..enable the reader..to identify the bearers of over 500 individual achievements. II. Senses relating to bear v.1 III. 8. A woman or other female mammal who is giving birth or who has given birth; a producer of offspring.Recorded earliest in childbearer n. See also livebearer n. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. iv. 31 A vois..I herde, anguysshes as of the child berere. c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 344 (MED) Þat wirchepfulle moder, þi trewest berere, hadde hir whanne sche stode by þi crosse. a1634 R. Clerke Serm. (1637) 15 The Synod..decreed Christs Mother to be styled θεοτόκος, the bearer of God. 1706 H. Curson New Descr. World 121 The Women are of a good Complexion, but by Intemperance in Diet are Corpulent, are of good Carriage, good Bearers, and good Breeders. 1861 N. Wales Chron. 1 June 5/5 Women are honoured and indulged as the weaker vessels and bearers of children. 1973 Ethnology 12 128 Special attention is paid to the salutation of..prolific bearers of young, and..individual animals supposed to be sired by the stone amulets. 2012 J. J. Riley Sarah's Life i. 15 The traditional role of the man was to be the breadwinner and provider and the woman as the bearer of children and homemaker was the norm. 9. Something which yields a natural product; a producer of fruit, crops, minerals, etc.; esp. a fruit tree. Frequently with modifying adjective.Recorded earliest in fruit-bearer n. at fruit n. Compounds 1b(a).In quot. 1899: (in projective geometry) a figure in the Euclidean plane that produces a particular figure in a given projected space (an isolated use). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces gendererc1384 bearera1387 bringerc1386 engendererc1390 producera1513 forthbringer1546 breeder1572 productor1584 productrice1585 spawner16.. brancher1610 procreanta1616 producent1622 productrix1630 generant1635 generator1637 productive1642 procurator1647 pregnatress1651 generatrix1657 yielder1733 productress1751 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > fruit-tree bearera1387 fruita1400 fruit tree1577 orchard tree1638 fruiter1882 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 69 (MED) Euphrates, þat is to menynge fructuous and fruit berere [L. frugifer]. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. vii. f. lxj I maye wel be cleped only the Appeltree and berer of this Appell. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. xii. 574 The great Hungarian Cherrie of Zwerts is like both in leafe and fruite vnto the Morello cherrie, but..a far better bearer: for from a small branch hath beene gathered a pound of cherries. 1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 106 This bean is a remarkable great bearer; it is also a fine eating bean, and very profitable for the use of a family. 1891 G. A. Bethune Mines & Minerals Washington 60 It [sc. the Brunswick mine] is a bearer of ore of the galena variety, and is possessed of a twenty (20) inch vein. 1899 Amer. Math. Monthly 6 62 Two projective primal figures of the same kind of elements and both on the same bearer are called conjective. 2009 @Rick_Bayless 30 June in twitter.com (accessed 1 Apr. 2019) One of the new varieties this year (Yellow Lady) is going to be an early bearer. III. Senses relating to bear v.1 II. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who uptakera1340 holder-upc1374 upbearer1387 bearera1398 undernimmera1400 weighera1400 upholderc1403 ally1406 allya1431 godfather?1541 propper1549 tower of strength1549 backer1583 moyener?1591 backfriend1599 stayer1611 suppositor1629 susceptor1652 standby1712 bottle holder1788 understander1875 buddy1893 anchorman1895 backer-up1921 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxix. 225 Þe neþir gobettis..of þe fyngres ben gretter and bradder þanne þe ouere gobettis, & [emended in ed. to as] þe berere is þe strenger and more stedefast þan þe þingis [read þing] þat is ibore. 1555 Bp. Ferrar in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. App. xlvii. 144 The bolsterors and bearors of the promoters. 1699 H. Curson Compend. Laws Eng., Scotl. & Ireland (new ed.) 147 Justices of Assize... May hear and determine of..Maintainers, Bearers, and Alliances by Bond, &c. 11. A person who assumes or is charged with an obligation, cost, responsibility, etc.; spec. (in early use) one who shares such a charge with another. Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows swearerc1380 beheterc1384 behighterc1475 promiserc1475 vower1546 votary1548 avower?1555 bearer1579 obligee1590 jurora1593 vow-fellow1598 vow-maker1598 stipulator1611 votist1613 plightera1616 voter1621 obligatora1625 obliger1633 promissor1644 promisor1665 sponsor1677 pledger1768 sanctioner1846 pledgee1924 oath-keepera1973 1579 J. Louth in J. G. Nichols Narr. Reformation (1859) 26 This burges was sore suspected of the lord chawncelor and the prelacy of this realme, that he was a fawtore of the religione that they called newe, and also a bearer with them in pryntyng of theyr bookes. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 144 (As men use to do in common payments, and taxes) we plead hard to have bearers & partners, that may go a share with us. 1895 C. F. Bastable Public Finance (ed. 2) iii. v. 342 The higher classes of wage-earners are admitted as possible bearers of taxation. 1972 Yale Law Jrnl. 81 1069 The existence of insurance and of other ways in which a cost is removed from its initial bearer and borne ultimately by others need not be reexamined here. 2005 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 2 May 4 Police are not the sole bearers of responsibility for routing out crime. 12. Something that supports the weight of part of a structure; a structural support or stay. Also as the name of a device or part of a mechanism used as a support. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports staffc1000 hold1042 source1359 legc1380 shorer1393 stabilimenta1398 upholder1398 sustentationa1400 undersetterc1400 bearinga1425 undersettinga1425 suppowellc1430 triclinec1440 sustentaclec1451 supportera1475 sustainerc1475 sustenal1483 stayc1515 buttress1535 underpinning1538 firmament1554 countenance1565 support1570 appuia1573 comfort1577 hypostasis1577 underpropping1586 porter1591 supportation1593 supportance1597 understaya1603 bearer1607 rest1609 upsetter1628 mountinga1630 sustent1664 underlay1683 holdfast1706 abutment1727 suppeditor1728 mount1739 monture1746 bed1793 appoggiatura1833 bracing1849 bench1850 under-pinner1859 bolster-piece1860 sustainer1873 table mount1923 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > support bearer1607 pedestal1665 stud1694 arbor1728 seat1805 pillar1833 housing1839 seating1844 bed-plate1850 bedding-plate1879 1607 N. Geffe tr. O. de Serres Perfect Vse Silke-wormes 32 Cut the branches of the Mulberries..the which with all their boughes, you shall make to be carried into the house, where hanged as raisons vnder the bearers, planchers or other couertures in an ayrie place, as in barnes and haylofts, being then almost emptie, their leaues will drie well and quickly. 1668 R. Holland Parallax of Comet 5 Let a bearer for the Quadrant be made of convenient hight. 1771 L. Washington Let. 12 May in G. Washington Papers (1993) VIII. 468 I had the Mill stop'd..& the water run out of the Forebay & it properly supported, a post fix'd under each of the stone bearers, & shores against the Wall. 1846 Print. Appar. Amateurs 30 The introduction of ‘bearers’ which serve to reduce the pressure upon the types, or rather to bear off a part of the pressure. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 183 To check the effect of the bearers or strutts of the ribs. 1880 C. A. Edwards Organs ii. iii. 57 The bearers are strips of wood fixed between the sliders, which..support the weight of the upper boards, pipes, &c. 1914 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 4 July 19/1 The bearers, however, are put in parallel to the wall plates. 1984 C. P. Bennett in R. Ratay Handbk. Temporary Struct. in Constr. xvi. 16 The different feature of this type of scaffold is that the inside ends of the bearers are supported at joints or courses in the wall being built instead of by inside posts. 13. Heraldry. Originally Scottish. A figure of an animal, mythical creature, human being, etc., represented as positioned beside the shield, holding it up; = supporter n. 4. Now historical and rare.Considered by N.E.D. (1887) to be a ‘traditional dictionary error’, copied in contemporary dictionaries from Johnson (see quot. 1755), who took the sense from Bailey (see quot. 1730). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure on each side of escutcheon supporter1568 bearer1680 1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry xxxi. 93 The proper word for Supporters in Scotland is Bearers. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at cited word) Bearers [in Heraldry] see Supporters. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bearer,..In heraldry. See Supporter. 1908 G. P. Bankart Art of Plasterer vii. 151 We have the cartouche shields at intervals, with lumpy animals, probably bearers, on either side. 1950 C. W. Scott-Giles Boutell's Heraldry (rev. ed.) xvi. 177 In Scottish heraldry, supporters, originally entitled bearers, appear at about the same period as in England. ΚΠ 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. viii. 89 In one of the drains a sunken floor of wood, called a bearer, was deposited for the purpose of making a safe watering place for the cattle. Phrases bearer of witness n. rare before 19th cent. a person who gives testimony (see to bear witness at witness n. Phrases 2). Cf. witness-bearer n. at witness n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 29 A Berer of wytnes, testis. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Testator, a bearer of witness. 1851 Q. Rev. Jan. 83/1 Nor was any one present to contradict or cross-examine the bearers of witness. 1974 Times 7 Sept. 8/5 A seeker, a bearer of witness, he rated Dr Zhivago his finest work. 2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 July 4 We are all and should all be, bearers of witness for our brothers and sisters. Compounds C1. a. With adverbs, in compound agent nouns corresponding to adverbial combinations of bear v.1 I., as in bearer about, bearer away, bearer-off, etc. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nugigerulus, reade a bearer aboute of fables. 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI iii. §9 The..nurse, or other the bearer about of the childe. 1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. A Bearer out, or maintainer, Garent, Garentisseur. 1670 G. Keith Light of Truth 4 The bearer away of iniquity cannot be a meer spiritual Christ. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 41 The Bearer-off..carries the Bricks..to lay them singly down in Rows. a1716 R. Trail Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) 310 The only bearer in of light and life upon the soul. 1866 J. E. White Rep. Brick-making in 5th Rep. Children's Employment Comm. 162/1 in Parl. Papers (3678) XXIV. 188/1 The big girl is a ‘bearer off’, and wheels away the bricks and places them in the row or ‘hack’ out in the yard to dry. 2006 I. Lyall In Season & Out 200 If you have never admitted Christ as the bearer-away of your sin and if you thus do not wait for him; if you are not putting your trust in him, then his return will indeed be a terrible day. b. bearer up n. now archaic and rare a person who backs up or upholds the interests of someone or something; (also) a person who holds up or supports someone or something physically; cf. sense 10. ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 320/1 A susteynour and a berar vp of the chirch. 1613 P. Forbes Exquisite Comm. Reuelation St. Iohn (new ed.) 179 They were rather spoilers and rifelers then bearers vp of her. 1740 J. Salter Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. No. 4. 14/1 By the Help of my Bearers up, I got all the Man's Money. 1874 J. Stainer in E. H. Plumptre Bible Educator III. 292/2 Any idea that the cherubim were the supporters or bearers up of God's throne must be at once dismissed. 1905 E. A. W. Budge Cook's Handbk. Egypt & Sudan i. 102 Shu.., god of the air, and bearer up of the sky. 1997 H. Davies In Valley this Restless Mind 71 Encourager and advocate, Comforter, the bearer-up, The voice of intercession. C2. a. Finance. As a modifier, designating a financial asset without a registered owner, where title is established by possession of the document representing the asset, and is freely transferable simply by the passing of the document to another; (also) designating a certificate or other document representing such an asset. Also: of or relating to this type of transaction. Cf. sense 5.The holder of a bearer certificate is not necessarily the actual owner of the asset itself.Some of the more established compounds of this type are entered separately at Compounds 2b. ΚΠ 1873 S. Austral. Reg. (Adelaide) 20 Jan. 6/6 All loans therefore should be issued in ‘bearer’ form. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 6/3 These bearer-warrants are, we venture to imagine, part of the £140,000 in fully-paid shares. 1934 Yale Law Jrnl. 43 589 Their right to act depends upon the presentation or deposit of the debentures themselves, if they are bearer debentures. 1963 Financial Times 30 July 6/5 The effect of Clause 59 is to divide bearer instruments into four main classes. 1990 Jrnl. Finance 45 1352 The first Eurobond was the June 1963 $15 million 5.5% bearer issue by the Italian state highway authority. 2016 Irish Times 7 Apr. 2 A bearer certificate for 100 $100 shares in Blueline was issued in 2005. b. bearer bond n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of > unregistered bearer share1853 bearer bond1866 bearer stock1870 bearer security1885 1866 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 6/1 These bonds have coupons attached, and can be held either as registered bonds or bearer bonds. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 933/2 It has been found necessary to convert a part of the stocks into bearer bonds or shares. 2015 Internat. N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Mar. 10 The sale of bearer bonds has been largely banned in the United States since 1982 because of their potential use in money laundering and tax evasion. bearer security n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of > unregistered bearer share1853 bearer bond1866 bearer stock1870 bearer security1885 1885 G. Rae Country Banker xv. 100 If certain of your customers choose to invest in ‘bearer’ securities..it is beyond reason to cast upon Bankers the formidable risk which is involved in their safe keeping. 2002 M. Simmons Securities Operations vi. 91 Holding bearer securities is effectively the same as holding banknotes, in that absolute proof of ownership without physical possession is extremely difficult to establish. bearer share n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of > unregistered bearer share1853 bearer bond1866 bearer stock1870 bearer security1885 1853 F. J. Troubat tr. in Law Commandatary & Limited Partnership U.S. App. iii. 700 The mere possession of the bearer shares shall be a full title for him with the partnership. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. 4/1 (advt.) Upon deposit a certificate of entrance shall be provided and the relevant shareholder shall not be able to trade such bearer shares until and including the day of the Extraordinary General Meeting. bearer stock n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of > unregistered bearer share1853 bearer bond1866 bearer stock1870 bearer security1885 1870 Tasmanian Times 5 Sept. He can previously get his stock discharged from the register, thus avoiding the stamp and disposing of the security of bearer stock. 1964 Financial Times 10 Feb. 10/7 Holders of Bearer Stock, to obtain this dividend, must deposit Coupon No. 251. 2000 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 Nov. 33 The bank was accused of failing ‘to maintain adequate security arrangements’ for bearer stocks. C3. bearer cheque n. a cheque made payable to the bearer, rather than to a named recipient; cf. sense 5. ΚΠ 1873 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl. 19 Feb. 4/2 Public confidence in Mr. Corfax was shaken by that $1,200 bank deposit, made the next day after the ‘S. C. or bearer’ check had been cashed.] 1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 30 May 12/5 (advt.) Lost—Bearer check given by Union Stock Yards National Bank. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 302/1 A Bearer cheque requires no endorsement (signature on the back) and will travel from one to another until some holder decides to bank it. 2019 Daily Times (Pakistan) (Nexis) 12 June He proposed that persons purchasing immovable property of fair market value greater than rupees 5 million..may be required to purchase through a banking instrument other than a bearer cheque. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOE |
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