Part 1033

<hw>Bel"ly*bound`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Costive; constipated.</def>

<h1>Bellycheat</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly*cheat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An apron or covering for the front of the person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<h1>Bellycheer</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly*cheer`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from F. <ets>belle ch\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>Good cheer; viands.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Bellycheer</i> and banquets." <i>Rowlands</i>. "Loaves and <i>bellycheer</i>." <i>Milton</i>.

<h1>Bellycheer</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly*cheer`</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To revel; to feast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A pack of clergymen [assembled] by themselves to <b>bellycheer</b> in their presumptuous Sion. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bellyful</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"ly*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.</def>

<i>Lloyd.</i>

<blockquote>King James told his son that he would have his <b>bellyful</b> of parliamentary impeachments. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bel"ly-god`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.</def>

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

<hw>Bel"ly-pinched`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pinched with hunger; starved.</def> "The <i>belly-pinched</i> wolf."

<i> Shak.</i>

<h1>Belock</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Be*lock"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Belocked</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>lock</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>bel<?/can</ets>.]</ety> <def>To lock, or fasten as with a lock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Shak.</i>

<h1>Belomancy</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> arrow + <ets><?/</ets> a diviner: cf. F. <ets>b\'82lomancie</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

<h1>Belong</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Be*long"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Belonged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Belonging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>belongen</ets> (akin to D. <ets>belangen</ets> to concern, G. <ets>belangen</ets> to attain to, to concern); pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>longen</ets> to desire. See <er>Long</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <note>[Usually construed with <i>to</i>.]</note> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be the property <i>of</i>; <as>as, Jamaica <ex>belongs</ex> to Great Britain</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be a part <i>of</i>, or connected <i>with</i>; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.</def>

<blockquote>A desert place <b>belonging</b> to . . . Bethsaids. <i>Luke ix. 10.</i></blockquote>