Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BEL'LY, v.i.

1. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; as, bellying goblets; bellying canvas. Dryden. Philips.
2. To strut. Bailey.

BEL'LY, v.t.

To fill; to swell out. Shak.

BEL'LY-ACHE, n. [belly and ache.]

Pain in the bowels; the colic. [Vulgar.]

BEL'LY-ACHE-BUSH, or WEED, n.

A species of Jatropha.

BEL'LY-BAND, n.

A band that encompasses the belly of a horse, and fastens the saddle; a girth. Sherwood.

BEL'LY-BOUND, a.

Diseased in the belly, so as to be costive, and shrunk in the belly. Johnson.

BEL'LY-CHEER, n.

Good cheer. [Not used.] Chaucer.

BEL'LY-FRET-TING, n.

1. The chafing of a horse's belly, with a fore girt.
2. A violent pain in a horse's belly, caused by worms. Dict.

BEL'LY-FUL, n. [belly and full.]

As much as fills the belly, or satisfies the appetite. In familiar and ludicrous language, a great abundance; more than enough. [Vulgar.] Johnson.

BEL'LY-GOD, n. [belly and god.]

A glutton; one who makes a god of his belly; that is, whose great business or pleasure is to gratify his appetite.

BEL'LY-ING, ppr.

Enlarging capacity; swelling out, like the belly.

BEL'LY-PINCH-ED, a. [See Pinch.]

Starved; pinched with hunger. Shak.

BEL'LY-ROLL, n. [See Roll.]

A roller protuberant in the middle, to roll land between ridges, or in hollows. Mortimer.

BEL'LY-SLAVE, n.

A slave to the appetite. Homily.

BEL'LY-TIM-BER, n. [See Timber.]

Food; that which supports the belly. [Vulgar.] Prior. Hudibras.

BEL'LY-WORM, n. [See Worm.]

A worm that breeds in the belly or stomach. Johnson.

BE-LOCK', v.t. [Sax. belucan, from loc, a lock, with be.]

To lock, or fasten, as with a lock. Shak.

BEL'O-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. βελος, an arrow, and μαντεια, divination.]

A kind of divination practiced by the ancient Scythians, Babylonians, and other nations, and by the Arabians. A number of arrows, being marked, were put into a bag or quiver, and drawn out at random; and the marks or words on the arrow drawn, determined what was to happen. See Ezek. xxi. 21. Encyc.

BE-LONE', n. [Gr. βελονη, a needle.]

The gar, garfish, or sea-needle, a species of Esox. It grows to the length of two or three feet, with long, pointed jaws, the edges of which are armed with small teeth. Encyc.

BE-LONG', v.i. [D. belangen, to concern, belang, concern, interest, importance, of be and lang; Ger. belangen; to attain to, or come to; anlangen, to arrive, to come to, to concern, to touch or belong; Dan. anlanger, to arrive at, to belong. In Sax. gelangian is to call or bring. The radical sense of long is to extend or draw out, and with be or an, it signifies to extend to, to reach.]

1. To be the property of; as, a field belongs to Richard Roe; Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
2. To he the concern or proper business of; to appertain; as, it belongs to John Doe to prove his title.
3. To be appendant to. He went into a desert place belonging to Bethsaida. Luke ix.
4. To be a part of, or connected with, though detached in place; as, a beam or rafter belongs to such a frame, or to such a place in the building.
5. To have relation to. And David said, To whom belongest thou? 1 Sam. xxx.
6. To be the quality or attribute of. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness. Dan. ix.
7. To be suitable for. Strong meat belongeth to them of full age. Heb. v.
8. To relate to, or be referred to. He careth for things that belong to the Lord. 1 Cor. vii.
9. To have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Blackstone. Hence,
10. To be the native of; to have original residence. There is no other country in the world to which the Gipsies could belong. Grellman, Pref. 12
11. In common language, to have a settled residence; to be domiciliated.

BE-LONG'ING, n.

A quality. [Not in use.] Shak.

BE-LONG'ING, ppr.

Pertaining; appertaining; being the property of; being a quality of; being the concern of; being appendant to; being a native of, or having a legal or permanent settlement in.

BE-LOV'ED, pp. [be and loved, from love. Belove, as a verb, is not used.]

Loved; greatly loved; dear to the heart. Paul.

BE-LOW', adv.

1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; as, the heavens above and the earth below.
2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. The fairest child of Jove below. Prior.
3. In hell, or the regions of the dead; as, the realms below. Dryden.
4. In a court of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below. Wheaton.

BE-LOW', prep. [be and low.]

1. Under in place; beneath; not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
2. Inferior in rank, excellence or dignity. Felton.
3. Unworthy of; unbefitting. Dryden.