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Noun, Verb (usu participle)


Bellyn. [OE. bali, bely, AS. belg, bælg, bælig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. bälg, Dan. bælg, D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir. bolg. Cf. Bellows, Follicle, Fool, Bilge.].
  •  That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.  [1913 Webster]
    " Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head."  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.  [1913 Webster]
    "Underneath the belly of their steeds."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The womb.  [1913 Webster]
    "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee."  [1913 Webster]
    "Out of the belly of hell cried I."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.  [1913 Webster]
Bellyv. t. 
     To cause to swell out; to fill.  [1913 Webster]
    "Your breath of full consent bellied his sails."  [1913 Webster]
Bellyv. i. 
     To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.  [1913 Webster]
    "The bellying canvas strutted with the gale."  [1913 Webster]


Belly, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 the part of the human body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels.
2 the stomach, esp. representing the body's need for food.
3 the front of the body from the waist to the groin.
4 the underside of a four-legged animal.
5 a a cavity or bulging part of anything. b the surface of an instrument of the violin family, across which the strings are placed. & intr. (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by out) swell or cause to swell; bulge.

belly button colloq. the navel. belly-dance an oriental dance performed by a woman, involving voluptuous movements of the belly. belly-dancer a woman who performs belly-dances, esp. professionally. belly-dancing the performance of belly-dances. belly-landing a crash-landing of an aircraft on the underside of the fuselage, without lowering the undercarriage. belly-laugh a loud unrestrained laugh.
OE belig (orig. = bag) f. Gmc



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