Part 1028

<h1>Bell</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; <as>as, hops <ex>bell</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Bell</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bellan</ets>. See <er>Bellow</er>.]</ety> <def>To utter by bellowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bell</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.</def>

<blockquote>As loud as <b>belleth</b> wind in hell. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The wild buck <b>bells</b> from ferny brake. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Belladonna</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bel`la*don"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., literally fine lady; <ets>bella</ets> beautiful + <ets>donna</ets> lady.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An herbaceous European plant (<spn>Atropa belladonna</spn>) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also <altname>deadly nightshade</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A species of <spn>Amaryllis</spn> <spn>(A. belladonna)</spn>; the belladonna lily.</def>

<h1>Bell animalcule</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell" an`i*mal"cule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An infusorian of the family <spn>Vorticellid\'91</spn>, common in fresh-water ponds.</def>

<h1>Bell bearer</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell" bear`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Brazilian leaf hopper (<spn>Bocydium tintinnabuliferum</spn>), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.</def>

<h1>Bellbird</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from their notes.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A South American bird of the genus <spn>Casmarhincos</spn>, and family <spn>Cotingid\'91</spn>, of several species; the campanero.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <spn>Myzantha melanophrys</spn> of Australia.</def>

<h1>Bell crank</h1> <Xpage=134>

<hw>Bell" crank`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.</def>

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<h1>Belle</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Belle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>belle</ets>, fem. of <ets>bel</ets>, <ets>beau</ets>, beautiful, fine. See <er>Beau</er>.]</ety> <def>A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.</def>

<h1>Belled</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Belled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hung with a bell or bells.</def>

<h1>Belle-lettrist</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Belle-let"trist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in belleslettres.</def>

<h1>Bellerophon</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel*ler"o*phon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.</def>

<h1>Belles-lettres</h1> <Xpage=135>