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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.]
   A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
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   (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
   Knight.
   
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