Noun

(en noun)

a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person

* 1602 : , act IV scene 5

They bore him bare-faced on the bier

a platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed

A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

(Knight)

Noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

(uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

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(obsolete) Any very fine powder.