Webster's Dictionary 1913

1729

Bellows

Bel″lows (�), n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. bælg, bælig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly.] An instrument...

1730

Bellows fish

Bel″lows fish′ (�). (Zoöl.) A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; — called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.

1731

Belluine

Bel″lu‐ine (�), a. [L. belluinus, fr. bellua beast.] Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal.Animal and belluine life.Atterbury.

1732

Bellwether

Bell″weth′er (�), n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.2. Hence: A leader. Swift.

1733

Bellwort

Bell″wort″ (�), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

1734

Belly

Bel″ly (bĕl″ly̆), n.; pl.Bellies (–lĭz). [OE. bali, bely, AS. belg, bælg, bælig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. bälg, Dan. bælg, D. & G. balg, cf. W....

1735

Belly (2)

Bel″ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bellied (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bellying.] To cause to swell out; to fill.Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.Shak.

1736

Belly (3)

Bel″ly, v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.Dryden.

1737

Belly-god

Bel″ly–god′ (�), n. One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

1738

Belly-pinched

Bel″ly–pinched′ (�), a. Pinched with hunger; starved. “The belly-pinched wolf.” Shak.

1739

Bellyache

Bel″ly‐ache′ (�), n. Pain in the bowels; colic.

1740

Bellyband

Bel″ly‐band′ (�), n. 1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.3. (N...

1741

Bellybound

Bel″ly‐bound′ (�), a. Costive; constipated.

1742

Bellycheat

Bel″ly‐cheat′ (�), n. An apron or covering for the front of the person. Beau. & Fl.

1743

Bellycheer

Bel″ly‐cheer′ (�), n. [Perh. from F. belle chère.] Good cheer; viands. “Bellycheer and banquets.” Rowlands. “Loaves and bellycheer.” Milton.

1744

Bellycheer (2)

Bel″ly‐cheer′, v. i. To revel; to feast.A pack of clergymen by themselves to bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion.Milton.

1745

Bellyful

Bel″ly‐ful (�), n. As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd.King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary ...

1746

Belock

Be‐lock″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Belocked (�).] [Pref. be- + lock: cf. AS. bel�can.] To lock, or fasten as with a lock. Shak.

1747

Belomancy

Bel″o‐man′cy (�), n. [Gr. �; � arrow + � a diviner: cf. F. bélomancie.] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, ...

1748

Belong

Be‐long″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Belonged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Belonging.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longe...

1749

Belong (2)

Be‐long″ (�), v. t. To be deserved by.More evils belong us than happen to us.B. Jonson.

1750

Belonging

Be‐long″ing, n. [Commonly in the pl.] 1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. “Thyself and thy belongings.” Shak.2. That which is conn...

1751

Belonite

Bel″o‐nite (�), n. [Gr. � a needle.] (Min.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

1752

Belooche Beloochee

{ Bel‐oo″che Bel‐oo″chee } (�), a. Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. — n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

1753

Belord

Be‐lord″ (�), v. t. 1. To act the lord over.2. To address by the title of “lord”.

1754

Belove

Be‐love″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beloved (�).] [OE. bilufien. See pref. Be-, and Love, v. t.] To love. Wodroephe.

1755

Beloved

Be‐loved″ (�), p. p. & a. Greatly loved; dear to the heart.Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar.Shak.This is my beloved Son.Matt. iii. 17.