bier

3 definitions found

bier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bier \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.
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     2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of
        woolen cloth. --Knight.
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bier - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bier
      n 1: a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the
           graveyard"
      2: a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

bier - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Bier
  the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke
  7:14).