Webster's Dictionary 1913

1675

Belight

Be‐light″ (�), v. t. To illuminate. Cowley.

1676

Belike

Be‐like″ (�), adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + like.] It is likely or probably; perhaps. — Be‐like″ly, adv.Belike, boy, then you are in love.Shak.

1677

Belime

Be‐lime″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Belimed (�).] To besmear or insnare with birdlime.

1678

Belittle

Be‐lit″tle (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Belittled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Belittling.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jeff...

1679

Belive

Be‐live″ (�), adv. [Cf. Live, a.] Forthwith; speedily; quickly. Chaucer.

1680

Belk

Belk (�), v. t. [See Belch.] To vomit.

1681

Bell

Bell (�), n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,...

1682

Bell (2)

Bell (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Belled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Belling.] To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.

1683

Bell (3)

Bell, v. i. To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.

1684

Bell (4)

Bell, v. t. [AS. bellan. See Bellow.] To utter by bellowing.

1685

Bell (5)

Bell, v. i. To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.As loud as belleth wind in hell.Chaucer.The wild buck bells from ferny brake.Sir W...

1686

Bell animalcule

Bell″ an′i‐mal″cule (�). (Zoöl.) An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds.

1687

Bell bearer

Bell″ bear′er (�). (Zoöl.) A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

1688

Bell crank

Bell″ crank′ (�). A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the d...

1689

Bell jar

Bell″ jar′ (�). (Phys.) A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used ...

1690

Bell metal

Bell″ met′al (�). A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; — used for making bells.Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and...

1691

Bell pepper

Bell″ pep′per (�). (Bot.) A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.

1692

Bell process

Bell process. (Iron Metal.) The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I. Lowthian Bell of England about 1875.

1693

Bell system of control

Bell system of control. (Aëronautics) See Cloche.

1694

Bell-faced

Bell″–faced′ (�), a. Having the striking surface convex; — said of hammers.

1695

Bell-mouthed

Bell″–mouthed′ (�), a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron.

1696

Bell-shaped

Bell″–shaped′ (–shāpt′), a. Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.

1697

Bell's palsy

Bell's palsy. Paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face.

1698

Belladonna

Bel′la‐don″na (�), n. [It., literally fine lady; bella beautiful + donna lady.] (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and ...

1699

Bellarmine

Bel″lar‐mine (?), n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Ca...

1700

Bellbird

Bell″bird′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidæ, of several species; the campanero. (b) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.

1701

Belle

Belle (bĕl), n. [F. belle, fem. of bel, beau, beautiful, fine. See Beau.] A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society...