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Smokey Bear

A friend of our forests for more than half a century by Holly Hartman Related Links Bear FactsForest FiresTeddy Bears Bears as State Animals California (California grizzly bear…

Brewer's: Bear

(A). (Stock Exchange), a fall, or a speculator for a fall. To operate for a bear. To realise a profitable bear. Bearing the market is using every effort to depress the price of stocks in…

Brewer's: Bearings

I'll bring him to his bearings. I'll bring him to his senses. A sea term. The bearings of a ship at anchor is that part of her hull which is on the water-line when she is in good trim. To…

bear, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) bear, large mammal of the family Ursidae in the order Carnivora, found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. Bears have large heads, bulky bodies, massive hindquarters, short…

Bear, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Bear, river, 350 mi (563 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., NE Utah, and flowing in a U-shaped course NW through Wyoming and Idaho, then S into Utah to enter Great Salt Lake. A…

honey bear

(Encyclopedia) honey bear: see bear; kinkajou.

The Willow-Wren and the Bear

The Willow-Wren and the Bear Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he said: 'Brother wolf, what bird is…

Bear and Chipmunk Hibernation

Find information and a video about hibernating bears, chipmunks, and Arctic ground squirrels, who enter a deep sleep for more than half the year.

Brewer's: Cross as a Bear

or Cross as a bear with a sore head. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cross as the TongsCross and Pile A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…

Brewer's: Congleton Bears

The men of Congleton. It is said that the Congleton parish clerk sold the church Bible to buy a bear. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…