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Bel"ly-pinched` (&?;), a. Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf." Shak.

Be*lock" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belocked (&?;).] [Pref. be- + lock: cf. AS. bel&?;can.] To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [Obs.] Shak.

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, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit.

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- + longen to desire. See Long, v. i.] [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. Heb. 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.

Be*long" (&?;), v. t. To be deserved by. [Obs.]

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

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 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.

Bel"o*nite (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a needle.] (Min.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

{ Bel*oo"che Bel*oo"chee } (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

Be*lord" (&?;), v. t. 1. To act the lord over.

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

Be*love" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beloved (&?;).] [OE. bilufien. See pref. Be- , and Love, v. t.] To love. [Obs.] Wodroephe.

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.

Be*lov"ed (&?;), n. One greatly loved.