GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Bier (>), n. [OE. bæe, beere, AS. bǣr, bǣre; akin to D. baar, OHG. bāra, G. bahre, Icel barar, Dutch 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.
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2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. Knight.
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