Belleek ware Bel·leek" ware A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland.

Bellerophon Bel·ler"o·phon noun (Paleon.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

Belles-lettres Belles-let"tres noun plural [ French] Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Belletristic, Belletristical Bel`le·tris"tic, Bel`le·tris"tic·al adjective Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles- lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.

Bellflower Bell"flow`er noun (Botany) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.

Bellflower Bell"flow`er noun [ French bellefleur , lit., beautiful flower.] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [ Written also bellefleur .]

Bellibone Bel"li·bone noun [ French belle et bonne , beautiful and good.] A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Bellic, Bellical Bel"lic, Bel"li·cal adjective [ Latin bellicus . See Bellicose .] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [ Obsolete] " Bellic Cæsar." Feltham.

Bellicose Bel"li·cose` adjective [ Latin bellicosu s, from bellicus of war, from bellum war. See Duel .] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein.
W. Irving.

Bellicosely Bel"li·cose`ly adverb In a bellicose manner.

Bellicous Bel"li·cous adjective Bellicose. [ Obsolete]

Bellied Bel"lied adjective Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot- bellied ; shad- bellied .

Belligerence, Belligerency Bel·lig"er·ence, Bel·lig"er·en·cy noun The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

Belligerent Bel·lig"er·ent adjective [ Latin bellum war + gerens , -entis , waging, present participle of gerere to wage: confer French belligérant . See Bellicose , Jest .] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. " Belligerent powers." E. Everett.

2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

Belligerent Bel·lig"er·ent noun A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

Belligerently Bel·lig"er·ent·ly adverb In a belligerent manner; hostilely.

Belling Bell"ing noun [ From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson.

Bellipotent Bel·lip"o·tent adjective [ Latin bellipotens ; bellum war + potens powerful, present participle of posse to be able.] Mighty in war; armipotent. [ R.] Blount.

Bellman Bell"man noun A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton.

Bellon Bel"lon noun Lead colic.

Bellona Bel·lo"na noun [ Latin , from bellum war.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of war.

Bellow Bel"low intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bellowed ; present participle & verbal noun Bellowing .] [ Middle English belwen , belowen , Anglo-Saxon bylgean , from bellan ; akin to German bellen , and perhaps to Latin flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lithuanian balsas voice. Confer Bell , noun & v. , Bawl , Bull .] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.

2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden.

3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.

The bellowing voice of boiling seas.
Dryden.

Bellow Bel"low transitive verb To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out . "Would bellow out a laugh." Dryden.

Bellow Bel"low noun A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.

Bellower Bel"low·er noun One who, or that which, bellows.

Bellows Bel"lows noun sing. & plural [ Middle English bely , below , belly, bellows, Anglo-Saxon bælg , bælig , bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a plural and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly .] An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.

Bellows camera , in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows . -- Hydrostatic bellows . See Hydrostatic . -- A pair of bellows , the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.

Bellows fish Bel"lows fish` (Zoology) A European fish ( Centriscus scolopax ), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish , and snipe fish .

Belluine Bel"lu·ine adjective [ Latin belluinus , from bellua beast.] Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [ R.]

Animal and belluine life.
Atterbury.

Bellwether Bell"weth`er noun 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.

2. Hence: A leader. [ Contemptuous] Swift.

Bellwort Bell"wort" noun (Botany) A genus of plants ( Uvularia ) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

Belly Bel"ly (bĕl"lȳ) noun ; plural Bellies (-lĭz). [ Middle English bali , bely , Anglo-Saxon belg , bælg , bælig , bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icelandic belgr bag, bellows, Swedish bälg , Danish bælg , D. & German balg , confer W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly , Ir. bolg . Confer Bellows , Follicle , Fool , Bilge .] 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

» Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly , the thorax; and the upper belly , the head. Dunglison.

2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.

Underneath the belly of their steeds.
Shak.

3. The womb. [ Obsolete]

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
Jer. i. 5.

4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.

Out of the belly of hell cried I.
Jonah ii. 2.

5. (Architecture) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

Belly doublet , a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak. -- Belly fretting , the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson. -- Belly timber , food. [ Ludicrous] Prior. -- Belly worm , a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). Johnson.

Belly Bel"ly transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bellied ; present participle & verbal noun Bellying .] To cause to swell out; to fill. [ R.]

Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.
Shak.

Belly Bel"ly intransitive verb To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
Dryden.

Belly-god Bel"ly-god` noun One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

Belly-pinched Bel"ly-pinched` adjective Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf." Shak.

Bellyache Bel"ly·ache` noun Pain in the bowels; colic.

Bellyband Bel"ly·band` noun 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. (Nautical) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.

Bellybound Bel"ly·bound` adjective Costive; constipated.

Bellycheat Bel"ly·cheat` noun An apron or covering for the front of the person. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Bellycheer Bel"ly·cheer` noun [ Perh. from French belle chère .] Good cheer; viands. [ Obsolete] " Bellycheer and banquets." Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer ." Milton.

Bellycheer Bel"ly·cheer` intransitive verb To revel; to feast. [ Obsolete]

A pack of clergymen [ assembled] by themselves to bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion.
Milton.

Bellyful Bel"ly·ful noun 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 impeachments.
Johnson.

Belock Be·lock" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Belocked ] [ Prefix be- + lock : confer Anglo-Saxon bel...can .] To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Belomancy Bel"o·man`cy noun [ Greek ... ; ... arrow + ... a diviner: confer French bélomancie .] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit.

Belong Be·long" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Belonged ; present participle & verbal noun Belonging .] [ Middle English belongen (akin to Dutch belangen to concern, German belangen to attain to, to concern); prefix be- + longen to desire. See Long , intransitive verb ] [ Usually construed with to .] 1. To be the property of ; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

2. To be a part of , or connected with ; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.

A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids.
Luke ix. 10.

The mighty men which belonged to David.
1 Kings i. 8.

3. To be the concern or proper business or function of ; to appertain to . "Do not interpretations belong to God ?" Gen. xl. 8.

4. To be suitable for ; to be due to .

Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age.
Hebrew v. 14.

No blame belongs to thee.
Shak.

5. To be native to , or an inhabitant of ; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.

Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong .
Blackstone.

Belong Be·long" transitive verb To be deserved by. [ Obsolete]

More evils belong us than happen to us.
B. Jonson.

Belonging Be·long"ing noun [ 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 connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

3. Family; relations; household. [ Colloq.]

Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.
Thackeray.

Belonite Bel"o·nite noun [ Greek ... a needle.] (Min.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

Belooche Beloochee Bel·oo"che Bel·oo"chee adjective Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. -- noun A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

Belord Be·lord" transitive verb 1. To act the lord over.

2. To address by the title of "lord".

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