'Bear garden' definitions:

Definition of 'Bear garden'

From: GCIDE
  • Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[aum]r, Icel. & Sw. bj["o]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Zool.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The European brown bear (Ursus arctos), the white polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear (Ursus Americanus), the Syrian bear (Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of tossing up. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck. [1913 Webster]
  • Australian bear. (Zool.) See Koala.
  • Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs.
  • Bear caterpillar (Zool.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia.
  • Bear garden. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. --M. Arnold.
  • Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bear garden'

From: GCIDE
  • Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
  • 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. [1913 Webster]
  • I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. [1913 Webster]
  • Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
  • Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.
  • Garden glass. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.
  • Garden house (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
  • Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
  • Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
  • Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight.
  • Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
  • Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
  • Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
  • Garden pot, a watering pot.
  • Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
  • Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.
  • Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.
  • Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
  • Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
  • Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
  • Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
  • Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
  • Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
  • Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
  • Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.
  • Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. [1913 Webster]