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bearer [′ber·ər] (civil engineering) Any horizontal beam, joist, or member which supports a load. (graphic arts) In photoengraving, the metal left on a plate to protect the printing surface while molding. In composition, one of the type-high slugs locked inside a chase to protect the printing surface. In printing presses, one of the surface-to-surface ends of cylinders that come in contact. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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George Grein, who was an honorary pallbearer at Anderson's funeral, attended by hundreds of law enforcement officers. A member had requested that, when she died, teammates would serve as pallbearers all dressed in warm-up suits as though on their way to a swim meet. WHEN GIAMBATTISTA VICO died in 1744, his funeral degenerated into a public controversy as the faculty of the University of Naples, where he taught, and members of the Confraternity of Santa Sofia, to which he had belonged, argued over which group should provide the pallbearers. |
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