Meaning of BIER
| Pronunciation: | | beer
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- [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"
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| | See Also: | | casket, catafalque, coffin, rack, stand | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14). |
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