Part 1032

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Bellwort</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bell"wort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.</def>

<h1>Belly</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bellies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>bali</ets>, <ets>bely</ets>, AS. <ets>belg</ets>, <ets>b\'91lg</ets>, <ets>b\'91lig</ets>, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. <ets>belgr</ets> bag, bellows, Sw. <ets>b\'84lg</ets>, Dan. <ets>b\'91lg</ets>, D. & G. <ets>balg</ets>, cf. W. <ets>bol</ets> the paunch or belly, dim. <ets>boly</ets>, Ir. <ets>bolg</ets>. Cf. <er>Bellows</er>, <er>Follicle</er>, <er>Fool</er>, <er>Bilge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.</def>

<note>&hand; Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; -- the <i>lower belly</i> being the abdomen; the <i>middle belly</i>, the thorax; and the <i>upper belly</i>, the head.</note>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.</def>

<blockquote>Underneath the <b>belly</b> of their steeds. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The womb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Before I formed thee in the <b>belly</b> I knew thee. <i>Jer. i. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; <as>as, the <ex>belly</ex> of a flask, muscle, sail, ship</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Out of the <b>belly</b> of hell cried I. <i>Jonah ii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.</def>

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

<h1>Belly</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bellied</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bellying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause to swell out; to fill.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Your breath of full consent <b>bellied</b> his sails. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Belly</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>bellying</b> canvas strutted with the gale. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bellyache</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly*ache`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pain in the bowels; colic.</def>

<h1>Bellyband</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly*band`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.</def>

<h1>Bellybound</h1> <Xpage=135>