Hypertext Webster Gateway: "belly"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Belly
the seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom.
16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Prov. 18:8;
20:27; 22:18, marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or
underworld (Jonah 2:2).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Belly \Bel"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bellying}.]
To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]
Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Belly \Bel"ly\ (b[e^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. {Bellies} (-l[i^]z). [OE.
bali, bely, AS. belg, b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly;
akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b["a]lg, Dan. b[ae]lg,
D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir.
bolg. Cf. {Bellows}, {Follicle}, {Fool}, {Bilge}.]
1. That part of the human body which extends downward from
the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or
intestines; the abdomen.
Note: 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.
2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to
the human belly.
Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak.
3. The womb. [Obs.]
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
--Jer. i. 5.
4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in
protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the
belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2.
5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the
convex part of which is the back.
{Belly doublet}, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down
so as to cover the belly. --Shak.
{Belly fretting}, the chafing of a horse's belly with a
girth. --Johnson.
{Belly timber}, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior.
{Belly worm}, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly
(stomach or intestines). --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Belly \Bel"ly\, v. i.
To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
belly
n 1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
and the pelvis [syn: {abdomen}, {venter}, {stomach}]
2: a protruding abdomen [syn: {paunch}]
3: the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as
snakes or fish
v : swell out or bulge out [syn: {belly out}]
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