Part 1024

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Belemnite</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Be*lem"nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> dart, fr. <ets><?/</ets> dart, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to throw: cf. F. <ets>b\'82lemnite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bel*em*nit"ic</wf>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Beleper</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Be*lep"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Belepered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To infect with leprosy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Bel-esprit</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel"-es*prit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Beaux</plw><plw>-esprits</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F., fine wit.]</ety> <def>A fine genius, or man of wit.</def> "A man of letters and a <i>bel esprit</i>."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<h1>Belfry</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel"fry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>berfray</ets> movable tower used in sieges, OF. <ets>berfreit</ets>, <ets>berfroit</ets>, F. <ets>beffroi</ets>, fr. MHG. <ets>bervrit</ets>, <ets>bercvrit</ets>, G. <ets>bergfriede</ets>, fr. MHG. <ets>bergen</ets> to protect (G. <ets>bergen</ets> to conceal) + <ets>vride</ets> peace, protection, G. <ets>friede</ets> peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or place of security; orig. therefore a place affording security. G. <ets>friede</ets> is akin to E. <ets>free</ets>. See <er>Burg</er>, and <er>Free</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The framing on which a bell is suspended.</def>

<h1>Belgard</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel*gard"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>bel guardo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sweet or loving look.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Belgian</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel"gi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Belgium.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Belgium.</def></def2>

<h1>Belgic</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel"gic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Belgicus</ets>, fr. <ets>Belgae</ets> the Belgians.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the <i>Belg\'91</i>, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.</def>

<blockquote>How unlike their <b>Belgic</b> sires of old. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.</def>

<h1>Belgravian</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel*gra"vi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.</def>

<h1>Belial</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Be"li*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>beli ya'al</ets>; <ets>beli</ets> without + <ets>ya'al</ets> profit.]</ety> <def>An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.</def>

<blockquote>What concord hath Christ with <b>Belia</b> ? <i>2 Cor. vi. 15.</i></blockquote>