The significance of the Harlem Renaissance was that the people of African descent understood that their histories and their cultural forms had distinctive aesthetics, philosophical bases, and perhaps most important mass appeal to people of all stripes.
Top definition. Blain. To outstandingly destroy or defeat an opponent or obstacle, especially when the odds are against the one blaining. Term was originally thought up by Dan and Tom, better known in the Halo community as the Ogres. The word Blain itself comes from the last name of the famous magician David Blain, who has on many occasions Blained the laws of physics and the limits of human anatomy.
bier. 1. a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial. 2. such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.[before 900; Middle English bere, Old English bÄr, bÇ£r(e) ].ier. n. 1. a platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial. [Old English bÇ£r; related to beran to bear 1, Old High German bÄra bier, Sanskrit bhÄra bhÄrÃ¡ a]. burden