Part 1037

<blockquote>The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, <b>Beltane</b>, and Lammas. <i>New English Dict.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.</def>

<h1>Belted</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Belt"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; <as>as, a <ex>belted</ex> plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; <as>as, a <ex>belted</ex> knight</as>; a <ex>belted</ex> earl.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Marked with a band or circle; <as>as, a <ex>belted</ex> stalk</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.</def>

<blockquote>Three men with <b>belted</b> brands. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Belted cattle</col>, <cd>cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also <altname>blanketed cattle</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Beltein, Beltin</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw><hw>Bel"tein</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bel"tin</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Beltane</er>.</def>

<h1>Belting</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Belt"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.</def>

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<h1>Beluga</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*lu"ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>bieluga</ets> a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. <ets>bieluii</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cetacean allied to the dolphins.</def>

<note>&hand; The northern <i>beluga</i> (<spn>Delphinapterus catodon</spn>) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.</note>

<h1>Belute</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*lute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beluted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beluting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + L. <ets>lutum</ets> mud.]</ety> <def>To bespatter, as with mud.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Belvedere</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bel`ve*dere"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. <ets>bello</ets>, <ets>bel</ets>, beautiful + <ets>vedere</ets> to see.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.</def>

<h1>Belzebuth</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bel"ze*buth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Beelzebub</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A spider monkey (<spn>Ateles belzebuth</spn>) of Brazil.</def>

<h1>Bema</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> step, platform.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.</def>

<i>Mitford.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Erroneously: A pulpit.</def>