Chapter Battle array to Becalm of B by Soule's Synonymes

5. Tend, relate, refer, be pertinent, concern, affect.

6. (Naut.) Be situated (with respect to the point of compass).

Bear, n

1. Bruin.

2. Growler, grumbler, snarler, surly old fellow, bundle of irritability.

3. Speculator on a fall, depreciator of the market, growler down of stocks.

Bearable, a. Tolerable, endurable, supportable.

Bear a hand.

1. (Naut.) Be quick, make haste.

2. (Colloq.) Lend a hand, help, aid, assist.

Beard, n.

1. Whiskers, hirsute appendage.

2. Guard. See barb.

Beard, v. a.

1. Seize or pluck by the beard, pull one’s beard. (In contempt.)

2. Defy, bid defiance to, oppose to the face.

Bear date. Be dated.

Bearded, a.

1. Whiskered, wearing a beard.

2. Barbed, pointed.

3. (Bot.) Aristate, awned, bristled, bristly.