Bear

bar, n. A quadruped of the genus Ursus; a brutal, roughly-behaved son. (Stock Exchange.) per- One who contracts to deliver, at some future time, stocks which he does not own, and therefore seeks to pull down their value, — opp. to a bull, who contracts to take stocks, the and seeks to raise their by, value. (Astron.) One of two constellations Black Bear. for in the northern hemisphere, the Greater and Le er Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. — i\ t. for [beared (bard), bearing.] To depre the value of (stocks); to depreciate by alarming rumors. be- Beard, berd, n. The hair on the chin and adjacent parts of the face; the long hairs on a plant; the into awn. — v. t. To seize or pull by the beard; to set at dim, defiance. — Beard'ed, a. — Beardle , o. of Beast, best, n. A four-footed animal; a brute; a denot graded or brutal man. — Beast'ly, -IT, Bestial, best'yal, a. Pert, to, having the form or nature of, or resembling, a beast; filthy; carnal; depraved. — pr.