Belluine
(Bel"lu*ine) a. [L. belluinus, fr. bellua beast.] Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.]
Animal and belluine life.
Atterbury.
Bellwether
(Bell"weth`er) n.
1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
2. Hence: A leader. [Contemptuous] Swift.
Bellwort
(Bell"wort") n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
Belly
(Bel"ly) n.; pl. Bellies [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. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir. bolg.
Cf. 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. [Obs.]
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. (Arch.) 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 Johnson.
Belly
(Bel"ly), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bellied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellying.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]
Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.
Shak.
Belly
(Bel"ly), v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
Dryden.
Bellyache
(Bel"ly*ache`) n. Pain in the bowels; colic.
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.
