BIER

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

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BIER. → (A coffin) 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:14

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[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES.1]

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bier. Bier, n. a wooden hand-carriage used for the dead

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Bier (�), n. [[OE. bæe, beere, AS. b�r, b�re; akin to D. baar, OHG. bāra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D� baare, L. feretrum, Gr. �, from the same �� bear to produce. See 1st Bear, and cf. Barrow.]] 1. 1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
2. 2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. Knight.