Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BELLY-BOUND

BEL'LY-BOUND, adjective Diseased in the belly, so as to be costive, and shrunk in the belly.

1001

BELLY-CHEER

BEL'LY-CHEER, noun Good cheer, [Not used.]

1002

BELLY-FRETTING

BEL'LY-FRETTING, noun The chafing of a horse's belly, with a fore girt.1. A violent pain in a horse's belly, caused by worms.

1003

BELLY-GOD

BEL'LY-GOD, noun [belly and god.] A glutton; one who makes a god of his belly; that is, whose great business or pleasure is to gratify his appetite.

1004

BELLY-PINCHED

BEL'LY-PINCHED, adjective [See Pinch.] Starved; pinched with hunger.BEL'LY ROLL, noun [See Roll.] A roller protuberant in the middle, to roll land between ridges, or in hollows.

1005

BELLY-SLAVE

BEL'LY-SLAVE, noun A slave to the appetite.

1006

BELLY-TIMBER

BEL'LY-TIMBER, noun [See Timber.[Food; that which supports the belly.

1007

BELLY-WORM

BEL'LY-WORM, noun [See Worm.] A worm that breeds in the belly or stomach.

1008

BELLYFUL

BEL'LYFUL, noun [belly and full.] As much as fills the belly, or satisfies the appetite. In familiar and ludicrous language, a great abundance; more than enough.

1009

BELLYING

BEL'LYING, participle present tense Enlarging capacity; swelling out, like the belly.

1010

BELOCK

BELOCK', verb transitive To lock or fasten as with a lock.

1011

BELOMANCY

BEL'OMANCY, noun [Gr.an arrow, and divination.]A kind of divination, practiced by the ancient Scythians, Babylonians, and other nations, and by the Arabians. A number of arrows,...

1012

BELONE

BELO'NE, noun [Gr. a needle.] The gar, garfish, or sea-needle, a species of Esox. It grows to the length of two or three feet, with long pointed jaws, the edges of which are arm...

1013

BELONG

BELONG', verb intransitive1. To be the property of; as, a field belongs to Richard Roe; Jamaica belongs to G.Britain.2. To be the concern or proper business of; to appertain; as...

1014

BELONGING

BELONG'ING, participle present tense Pertaining; appertaining; being the property of; being a quality of; being the concern of; being appendant to; being a native of, or having ...

1015

BELOVED

BELOV'ED, participle present tense [be and loved, from love. Belove, as a verb, is not used.]Loved; greatly loved; dear to the heart.

1016

BELOW

BELOW, preposition [be and low] Under in place; beneath; not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.1. Inferior in rank, excellence or dignity.2. Unworthy of; unbefitting.B...

1017

BELOWT

BELOWT', verb transitive [See Lowt.] To treat with contemptuous language. [Not in use.]

1018

BELSWAGGER

BEL'SWAGGER, noun A lewd man.

1019

BELT

BELT, noun [Latin balteus.]1. A girdle; a band, usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung.2. A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that ...

1020

BELUGA

BELU'GA, noun A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus, from 12 to 18 feet in length. The tail is divided into two lobes, lying horizontally, and there is no dorsal fi...

1021

BELVIDERE

BEL'VIDERE, noun [Latin bellus, fine and video, to see.]1. A plant, a species of chenopodium, goosefoot or wild orach, called scoparia or annual mock cypress. It is of a beautif...

1022

BELYE

BELYE. [See Belie.]

1023

BEMA

BE'MA, noun A chancel. [Not in use.]1. In ancient Greece, a state or kind of pulpit, on which speakers stood when addressing an assembly.BEMAD'verb intransitive [be and mad.] to...

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BEMANGLE

BEMAN'GLE, verb transitive [be and mangle.] To mangle; to tear asunder. [Little used.]

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BEMASK

BEM'ASK, verb transitive [be and mask.] To mask; to conceal.

1026

BEMAZE

BEMA'ZE, verb transitive To bewilder. [See Maze.] [Little used.]