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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. --Knight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bier the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14).
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