BEHOT — BELONGING NWAD BEHOT.1

BEHOT, pret. of behight. NWAD BEHOT.1

BEHOVE, and its derivatives. [See Behoove.] NWAD BEHOVE.1

BEHOWL, v.i. [be and howl.] To howl at. [Not used.] NWAD BEHOWL.1

BEING, ppr. [See Be.] Existing in a certain state. NWAD BEING.1

Man, being in honor, abideth not. Psalm 49:12. NWAD BEING.2

BEING, n. Existence; as, God is the author of our being. NWAD BEING.3

In God we live, and move, and have our being. Acts 17:28. NWAD BEING.4

1. A particular state or condition. [This is hardly a different sense.] NWAD BEING.5

2. A person existing; applied to the human race. NWAD BEING.6

3. An immaterial, intelligent existence, or spirit. NWAD BEING.7

Superior beings, when of late they saw. NWAD BEING.8

A mortal man unfold all nature’s law-- NWAD BEING.9

4. An animal; any living creature. NWAD BEING.10

Animals are such beings, as are endowed with sensation and spontaneous motion. NWAD BEING.11

BEJADE, v.t. [be and jade.] To tire. [Not used.] NWAD BEJADE.1

BEJAPE, v.t. To laugh at; to deceive. [Not used.] NWAD BEJAPE.1

BEKISS, v.t. [be and kiss.] To kiss or salute. [Not in use.] NWAD BEKISS.1

BEKNAVE, v.t. [be and knave.] To call knave. [Not used.] NWAD BEKNAVE.1

BEKNOW, v.t. [be and know.] To acknowledge. [Not used.] NWAD BEKNOW.1

BELABOR, v.t. [perhaps from be and labor; but in Russ. bulava is a club.] To beat soundly; to thump. NWAD BELABOR.1

Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. NWAD BELABOR.2

BELACE, v.t. [be and lace.] To fasten, as with a lace or cord. NWAD BELACE.1

1. To beat; to whip. NWAD BELACE.2

BELACED, a. Adorned with lace. NWAD BELACED.1

BELAMOUR, n. A gallant; a consort. [Not used.] NWAD BELAMOUR.1

BELAMY, n. A good friend; an intimate. [Not used.] NWAD BELAMY.1

BELATE, v.t. [be and late.] To retard or make too late. [Not used.] NWAD BELATE.1

BELATED, a. [be and lated.] Benighted; abroad late at night. NWAD BELATED.1

1. Too late for the hour appointed or intended; later than the proper time. NWAD BELATED.2

BELATEDNESS, n. A being too late. NWAD BELATEDNESS.1

BELAVE, v.t. [be and lave.] To wash. [Not used.] NWAD BELAVE.1

BELAWGIVE, v.t. To give a law to. [Barbarous and not used.] NWAD BELAWGIVE.1

BELAY, v.t. [This word is composed of be and lay, to lay to, lay by, or close. See Beleaguer.] NWAD BELAY.1

1. To block up, or obstruct. NWAD BELAY.2

2. To place in ambush. NWAD BELAY.3

3. To adorn, surround, or cover. NWAD BELAY.4

4. In seamanship, to fasten, or make fast, by winding a rope round a cleat, kevil, or belaying-pin. It is chiefly applied to the running rigging. NWAD BELAY.5

BELAYED, pp. Obstructed; ambushed; made fast. NWAD BELAYED.1

BELAYING, ppr. Blocking up; laying an ambush; making fast. NWAD BELAYING.1

BELCH, v.t. [Eng. bulge, bilge, bulk.] NWAD BELCH.1

1. To throw or eject wind from the stomach with violence. NWAD BELCH.2

2. To eject violently from a deep hollow place, as, a volcano belches flames and lava. NWAD BELCH.3

BELCH, n. The act of throwing out from the stomach, or from a hollow place; eructation. NWAD BELCH.4

1. A cant name for malt liquor. NWAD BELCH.5

BELCHED, pp. Ejected from the stomach, or from a hollow place. NWAD BELCHED.1

BELCHING, ppr. Ejecting from the stomach or any deep hollow place. NWAD BELCHING.1

BELCHING, n. Eructation. NWAD BELCHING.2

BELDAM, n. NWAD BELDAM.1

1. An old woman. NWAD BELDAM.2

Spenser seems to have used the word in its true sense for good dame. NWAD BELDAM.3

2. A hag. NWAD BELDAM.4

BELEAGUER, v.t. belee’ger. To besiege; to block up; to surround with an army, so as to preclude escape. NWAD BELEAGUER.1

BELEAGUERED, pp. Besieged. NWAD BELEAGUERED.1

BELEAGUERER, n. One who besieges. NWAD BELEAGUERER.1

BELEAGURING, ppr. Besieging; blocking up. NWAD BELEAGURING.1

BELEAVE, v.t. [be and leave.] To leave. [Not used.] NWAD BELEAVE.1

BELEE, v.t. [be and lee.] To place on the lee, or in a position unfavorable to the wind. [Not used.] NWAD BELEE.1

BELEMNITE, n. [Gr. a dart, or arrow, from the root of pello, to throw.] NWAD BELEMNITE.1

Arrow-head, or finger stone; vulgarly called thunder-bolt, or thunder stone. A genus of fossil shells, common in chalk and limestone. These shells consist of an interior cone, divided into partitions connected by a syphon, as in the nautilus, and surrounded by a number of concentric layers, made up of fibers radiating from the axis. These layers are somewhat transparent, and when burnt, rubbed or scraped, give the odor of rasped horn. The species are now extinct. NWAD BELEMNITE.2

BELEPER, v.t. To infect with leprosy. [Not used.] NWAD BELEPER.1

BELFRY, n. [L. belfredus.] NWAD BELFRY.1

1. Among military writers of the middle age, a tower erected by besiegers to overlook the place besieged, in which sentinels were placed to watch the avenues, and to prevent surprise from parties of the enemy, or to give notice of fires, by ringing a bell. NWAD BELFRY.2

2. That part of a steeple, or other building, in which a bell is hung, and more particularly, the timer work which sustains it. NWAD BELFRY.3

BELGARD, n. A soft look or glance. [Not used.] NWAD BELGARD.1

BELGIAN, a. [See Belgic.] Belonging to Belgica, or the Netherlands. NWAD BELGIAN.1

BELGIAN, n. A native of Belgica, or the Low Countries. NWAD BELGIAN.2

BELGIC, a. [L. belgicus, from Belgae, the inhabitants of the Netherlands and the country bordering on the Rhine, from that river to the Seine and the ocean. The name may have been given to them from their bulk or large stature; Eng. bulge;] NWAD BELGIC.1

Pertaining to the Belgae, who, in Caesar’s time, possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine and the ocean. They were of Teutonic origin, and anterior to Caesar’s invasion of Gaul and Britain, colonies of them had established themselves in the southern part of Britain. The country was called from its inhabitants Belgica, not Belgium, which was the town of Beauvais. See Cluv. Germ. Ant. 2.2. NWAD BELGIC.2

Belgic is now applied to the Netherlands, called also Flanders, or that part of the Low Countries which formerly belonged to the house of Austria. NWAD BELGIC.3

BELIAL, n. As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness. As an adjective, worthless; wicked. In a collective sense, wicked men. NWAD BELIAL.1

BELIBEL, v.t. [be and libel.] To libel or traduce. [Not used.] NWAD BELIBEL.1

BELIE, v.t. [be and lie. See Lie.] NWAD BELIE.1

1. To give the lie to; to show to be false; to charge with falsehood; as, the heart belies the tongue. It is rarely used of declarations; but of appearances and facts which show that declarations, or certain appearances and pretences are false and hypocritical. Hence. NWAD BELIE.2

2. To counterfeit; to mimic; to feign resemblance. NWAD BELIE.3

With dust, with horse’s hoofs, that beat the ground, NWAD BELIE.4

And martial brass, belie the thunder’s sound. NWAD BELIE.5

3. To give a false representation. NWAD BELIE.6

Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. NWAD BELIE.7

4. To tell lies concerning; to calumniate by false reports. NWAD BELIE.8

Thou dost belie him, Percy. NWAD BELIE.9

5. To fill with lies. NWAD BELIE.10

Slander doth belie all corners of the world. [Not legitimate] NWAD BELIE.11

BELIED, pp. Falsely represented either by word or obvious evidence and indication; counterfeited; mimicked. NWAD BELIED.1

BELIEF, n. NWAD BELIEF.1

1. A persuasion of the truth, or an assent of mind to the truth of a declaration, proposition or alleged fact, on the ground of evidence, distinct from personal knowledge; as the belief of the gospel; belief of a witness. Belief may also by founded on internal impressions, or arguments and reasons furnished by our own minds; as the belief of our senses; a train of reasoning may result in belief. Belief is opposed to knowledge and science. NWAD BELIEF.2

2. In theology, faith, or a firm persuasion of the truths of religion. NWAD BELIEF.3

No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. NWAD BELIEF.4

3. Religion; the body of tenets held by the professors of faith. NWAD BELIEF.5

In the heat of persecution, to which christian belief was subject, upon its first promulgation. NWAD BELIEF.6

4. In some cases, the word is used for persuasion or opinion, when the evidence is not so clear as to leave no doubt; but the shades of strength in opinion can hardly be defined, or exemplified. Hence the use of qualifying words; as a firm, full or strong belief. NWAD BELIEF.7

5. The thing believed; the object of belief. NWAD BELIEF.8

Superstitious prophecies are the belief of fools. NWAD BELIEF.9

6. A creed; a form or summary of articles of faith. In this sense, we generally use Creed. NWAD BELIEF.10

BELIEVABALE, a. That may be believed; credible. NWAD BELIEVABALE.1

BELIEVE, v.t. NWAD BELIEVE.1

1. To credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of something upon the declaration of another, or upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by other circumstances, than personal knowledge. When we believe upon the authority of another, we always put confidence in his veracity. NWAD BELIEVE.2

When we believe upon the authority of reasoning, arguments, or a concurrence of facts and circumstances, we rest our conclusions upon their strength or probability, their agreement with our own experience, etc. NWAD BELIEVE.3

2. To expect or hope with confidence; to trust. NWAD BELIEVE.4

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13. NWAD BELIEVE.5

BELIEVE, v.i. To have a firm persuasion of any thing. In some cases, to have full persuasion, approaching to certainty; in others, more doubt is implied. It is often followed by in or on, especially in the scriptures. To believe in, is to hold as the object of faith. “Ye believe in God, believe also in me.” John 14:1. To believe on, is to trust, to place full confidence in, to rest upon with faith. “To them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” John 1:12. Johnson. But there is no ground for much distinction. NWAD BELIEVE.6

In theology, to believe sometimes expresses a mere assent of the understanding to the truths of the gospel; as in the case of Simon. Acts 8:13. In others, the word implies, with this assent of the mind, a yielding of the will and affections, accompanied with a humble reliance on Christ for salvation. John 1:12; John 3:15. NWAD BELIEVE.7

In popular use and familiar discourse, to believe often expresses an opinion in a vague manner, without a very exact estimate of evidence, noting a mere preponderance of opinion, and is nearly equivalent to think or suppose. NWAD BELIEVE.8

BELIEVED, pp. Credited; assented to, as true. NWAD BELIEVED.1

BELIEVER, n. One who believes; one who gives credit to other evidence than that of personal knowledge. NWAD BELIEVER.1

1. In theology, one who gives credit to the truth of the scriptures, as a revelation from God. In a more restricted sense, a professor of christianity; one who receives the gospel, as unfolding the true way of salvation, and Christ, as his Savior. NWAD BELIEVER.2

In the primitive church, those who had been instructed in the truths of the gospel and baptized, were called believers; in distinction from the catechumens, who were under instruction, as preparatory to baptism and admission to church privileges. NWAD BELIEVER.3

BELIEVING, ppr. Giving credit to testimony or to other evidence than personal knowledge. NWAD BELIEVING.1

BELIEVINGLY, adv. In a believing manner. NWAD BELIEVINGLY.1

BELIKE, adv. [be and like.] Probably; likely; perhaps. [Nearly antiquated.] NWAD BELIKE.1

BELIKELY, adv. Probably. [Not used.] NWAD BELIKELY.1

BELIVE, adv. [See Live.] Speedily; quickly. NWAD BELIVE.1

BELL, n. NWAD BELL.1

1. A vessel or hollow body, used for making sounds. Its constituent parts are a barrel or hollow body, enlarged or expanded at one end, an ear or cannon by which it is hung to a beam, and a clapper on the inside. It is formed of a composition of metals. Bells are of high antiquity. The blue tunic of the Jewish High Priest was adorned with golden bells; and the kings of Persia are said to have the hem of their robe adorned with them in like manner. Among the Greeks, those who went the nightly rounds in camps or garrisons, used to ring a bell, at each sentinel-box, to see that the soldier on duty was awake. Bells were also put on the necks of criminals, to warn persons to move out of the way of so ill an omen, as the sight of a criminal or his executioner; also on the necks of beasts and birds, and in houses. In churches and other public buildings, bells are now used to notify the time of meeting of any congregation or other assembly. NWAD BELL.2

In private houses, bells are used to call servants, either hung and moved by a wire, or as hand-bells. Small bells are also used in electrical experiments. NWAD BELL.3

2. A hollow body of metal, perforated, and containing a solid ball, to give sounds when shaken; used on animals, as on horses or hawks. NWAD BELL.4

3. Any thing in form of a bell, as the cup or calix of a flower. NWAD BELL.5

To bear the bell, is to be the first or leader, in allusion to the bell-wether of a flock, or the leading horse of a team or drove, that wears bells on his collar. NWAD BELL.6

To shake the bells, a phrase of Shakespeare, signifies to move, give notice or alarm. NWAD BELL.7

BELL, v.i. To grow in the form of bells, as buds or flowers. NWAD BELL.8

BELL-FASHIONED, a. Having the form of a bell. NWAD BELL-FASHIONED.1

BELL-FLOWER, n. [bell and flower.] A genus of plants, so named from the shape of the corol or flower which resembles a bell, L. Campanula, a genus of monogynian pentanders, comprehending many species. NWAD BELL-FLOWER.1

BELL-FOUNDER, n. [bell and founder.] A man whose occupation is to found or cast bells. NWAD BELL-FOUNDER.1

BELL-MAN, n. [bell man.] A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. NWAD BELL-MAN.1

BELL-METAL, n. [bell and metal] A mixture of copper and tin, in the proportion of about ten parts of copper to one of tin, or according to Thomson, three parts to one, and usually a small portion of brass or zink; used for making bells. NWAD BELL-METAL.1

BELL-PEPPER, n. [bell and pepper.] A name of the Guinea pepper, a species of Capsicum. This is the red pepper of the gardens, and most proper for pickling. NWAD BELL-PEPPER.1

BELL-RINGER, n. One whose business is to ring a church or other bell. NWAD BELL-RINGER.1

BELL-SHAPED, a. [bell and shape.] Having the form of a bell. NWAD BELL-SHAPED.1

BELL-WETHER, n. [bell and wether.] A wether or sheep which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. NWAD BELL-WETHER.1

BELL-WORT, n. A plant, the Uvularia. NWAD BELL-WORT.1

BELLADONNA, n. A plant, a species of Atropa, or deadly nightshade. NWAD BELLADONNA.1

BELLATRIX, n. [L.] A ruddy, glittering star of the second magnitude, in the left shoulder of Orion; so named from its imagined influence in exciting war. NWAD BELLATRIX.1

BELLE, n. bel. [L. bellus.] A young lady. In popular use, a lady of superior beauty and much admired. NWAD BELLE.1

BELLED, a. Hung with bells. NWAD BELLED.1

BELLES-LETTRES, n. plu. bel’ letter, or anglicized, bell-letters. Polite literature; a word of very vague signification. It includes poetry and oratory; but authors are not agreed to what particular branches of learning the term should be restricted. NWAD BELLES-LETTRES.1

BELLLIBONE, n. A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness. [Not in use.] NWAD BELLLIBONE.1

BELLIGERENT, a. [L. belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to wage; part. gerens, gerentis, waging. Gr. war.] NWAD BELLIGERENT.1

Waging war; carrying on war; as a belligerent nation. NWAD BELLIGERENT.2

BELLIGERENT, n. A nation, power or state carrying on war. NWAD BELLIGERENT.3

BELLIGEROUS, a. The same as belligerent. [Not used.] NWAD BELLIGEROUS.1

BELLING, n. The noise of a roe in rutting time; a huntsman’s term. NWAD BELLING.1

1. Growing or forming like a bell; growing full and ripe; used of hops; from bell. NWAD BELLING.2

BELLIPOTENT, a. [L. bellum, war, and potens, powerful, bellipotens.] NWAD BELLIPOTENT.1

Powerful or mighty in war. [Little used.] NWAD BELLIPOTENT.2

BELLIQUE, a. bellee’k. War-like. [Not used.] NWAD BELLIQUE.1

BELLON, n. A disease, attended with languor and intolerable griping of the bowels, common in places where lead ore is smelted. NWAD BELLON.1

BELLONA, n. [from L. bellum, war.] The goddess of war. NWAD BELLONA.1

BELLOW, v.i. [L. balo.] NWAD BELLOW.1

1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as a bull; to make a loud outcry; to roar. In contempt, to vociferate or clamor. NWAD BELLOW.2

2. To roar, as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound. NWAD BELLOW.3

BELLOW, n. A loud outcry; roar. NWAD BELLOW.4

BELLOWING, ppr. Making a loud hollow sound, as a bull, or as the roaring of billows. NWAD BELLOWING.1

BELLOWING, n. A loud hollow sound or roar. NWAD BELLOWING.2

BELLOWS, n. sing. and plu. [L. bulga] An instrument, utensil or machine for blowing fire, either in private dwellings or in forges, furnaces and shops. It is so formed as by being dilated and contracted, to inhale air by a lateral orifice which is opened and closed with a valve, and to propel it through a tube upon the fire. NWAD BELLOWS.1

BELLOWS-FISH, n. The trumpet-fish, about four inches long, with a long snout; whence its name. NWAD BELLOWS-FISH.1

BELLUINE, a. [L. belluinus, brom bellua, a beast.] Beastly; pertaining to or like a beast; brutal. [Little used.] NWAD BELLUINE.1

BELLY, n. NWAD BELLY.1

1. That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the thighs, containing the bowels. It is called also the abdomen or lower belly, to distinguish it from the head and breast, which are sometimes called bellies, from their cavity. NWAD BELLY.2

2. The part of a beast, corresponding to the human belly. NWAD BELLY.3

3. The womb. Jeremiah 1:5. NWAD BELLY.4

4. The receptacle of food; that which requires food, in opposition to the back. NWAD BELLY.5

Whose god is their belly. Philippians 3:19. NWAD BELLY.6

5. The part of any thing which resembles the human belly in protuberance or cavity, as of a harp or a bottle. NWAD BELLY.7

6. Any hollow inclosed place; as the belly of hell, in Jonah. NWAD BELLY.8

7. In scripture, belly is used for the heart. Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 20:30; John 7:38. Carnal lusts, sensual pleasure. Romans 16:18; Philippians 3:19. The whole man. Titus 1:12. NWAD BELLY.9

BELLY, v.t. To fill; to swell out. NWAD BELLY.10

BELLY, v.i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; as bellying goblets; bellying canvas. NWAD BELLY.11

1. To strut. NWAD BELLY.12

BELLY-ACHE, n. [belly and ache.] Pain in the bowels; the colic. NWAD BELLY-ACHE.1

BELLY-ACHE BUSH or WEED, A species of Jatropha. NWAD BELLY-ACHE_BUSH.1

BELLY-BAND, n. A band that encompasses the belly of a horse, and fastens the saddle; a girth. NWAD BELLY-BAND.1

BELLY-BOUND, a. Diseased in the belly, so as to be costive, and shrunk in the belly. NWAD BELLY-BOUND.1

BELLY-CHEER, n. Good cheer, [Not used.] NWAD BELLY-CHEER.1

BELLY-FRETTING, n. The chafing of a horse’s belly, with a fore girt. NWAD BELLY-FRETTING.1

1. A violent pain in a horse’s belly, caused by worms. NWAD BELLY-FRETTING.2

BELLYFUL, 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. NWAD BELLYFUL.1

BELLY-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. NWAD BELLY-GOD.1

BELLYING, ppr. Enlarging capacity; swelling out, like the belly. NWAD BELLYING.1

BELLY-PINCHED, a. [See Pinch.] Starved; pinched with hunger. NWAD BELLY-PINCHED.1

BELLY ROLL, n. [See Roll.] A roller protuberant in the middle, to roll land between ridges, or in hollows. NWAD BELLY_ROLL.1

BELLY-SLAVE, n. A slave to the appetite. NWAD BELLY-SLAVE.1

BELLY-TIMBER, n. [See Timber.] Food; that which supports the belly. NWAD BELLY-TIMBER.1

BELLY-WORM, n. [See Worm.] A worm that breeds in the belly or stomach. NWAD BELLY-WORM.1

BELOCK, v.t. To lock or fasten as with a lock. NWAD BELOCK.1

BELOMANCY, n. [Gr. an arrow, and divination.] NWAD BELOMANCY.1

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 Ezekiel 21:21. NWAD BELOMANCY.2

BELONE, n. [Gr. 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. NWAD BELONE.1

BELONG, v.i. NWAD BELONG.1

1. To be the property of; as, a field belongs to Richard Roe; Jamaica belongs to G. Britain. NWAD BELONG.2

2. To be the concern or proper business of; to appertain; as, it belongs to John Doe to prove his title. NWAD BELONG.3

3. To be appendant to. NWAD BELONG.4

He went into a desert place belonging to Bethsaida. Luke 9:10. NWAD BELONG.5

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. NWAD BELONG.6

5. To have relation to. NWAD BELONG.7

And David said, to whom belongest thou? 1 Samuel 30:13. NWAD BELONG.8

6. To be the quality or attribute of. NWAD BELONG.9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness. Daniel 9:9. NWAD BELONG.10

7. To be suitable for. NWAD BELONG.11

Strong meat belongeth to them of full age. Hebrews 5:14. NWAD BELONG.12

8. To relate to, or be referred to. NWAD BELONG.13

He careth for things that belong to the Lord. 1 Corinthians 7:32. NWAD BELONG.14

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. NWAD BELONG.15

Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Hence, NWAD BELONG.16

10. To be the native of; to have original residence. NWAD BELONG.17

There is no other country in the world to which the Gipeys could belong. NWAD BELONG.18

11. In common language, to have a settled residence; to be domiciliated. NWAD BELONG.19

BELONGING, 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. NWAD BELONGING.1

BELONGING, n. A quality. [Not in use.] NWAD BELONGING.2