About The Word Bier
Learn about the word Bier to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Bier definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Bier
Bier Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Bier?
[n] a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
[n] a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bier: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bier: See Also | casket | catafalque | coffin | rack | stand Bier In Webster's Dictionary \Bier\, n. [OE. b[ae]e, beere, AS. b?r, b?re; akin to D.
baar, OHG. b[=a]ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D? baare, L.
feretrum, Gr. ?, from the same ?? bear to produce. See 1st
{Bear}, and cf. {Barrow}.]
1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed
or borne to the grave.
2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of
woolen cloth. --Knight.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Benefit concert ‐ a concert given for the benefit of some…
- Portugal ‐ a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese…
- Myrmecophytic ‐ (botany) of or relating to…
- Tract ‐ a bundle of nerve fibers following a path through the brain [n]…
- Arthur koestler ‐ British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the…
- Handily ‐ with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [adv] in a convenient…
- Samuel beckett ‐ a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France;…
- Genus holbrookia ‐ earless lizards
- Mulishly ‐ in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in…
- Pan troglodytes ‐ intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial…