English Dictionary: belt-like | by the DICT Development Group |
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Baldly \Bald"ly\, adv. Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly. | |
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Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belittling}.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson. | |
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Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belittling}.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson. | |
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Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belittling}.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson. | |
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Belt \Belt\ (b[ecr]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. b[84]lte, Dan. b[91]lte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt border, belt.] 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. The shining belt with gold inlaid. --Dryden. 2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle. He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. --Shak. 3. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand. 4. (Arch.) Same as {Band}, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. 5. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. 6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. 7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank. 8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. Note: [See Illust. of {Pulley}.] 9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. {Belt lacing}, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting. | |
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Blithely \Blithe"ly\, adv. In a blithe manner. | |
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Bloodily \Blood"i*ly\, adv. In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood. | |
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Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[?]dle[a0]s.] 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. --Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak. -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. -- {Blood"less*ness}, n. | |
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Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[?]dle[a0]s.] 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. --Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak. -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. -- {Blood"less*ness}, n. | |
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Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[?]dle[a0]s.] 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. --Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak. -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. -- {Blood"less*ness}, n. | |
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Bloodlet \Blood"let`\, v. t. [AS. bl[?]dl[?]tan; bl[?]d blood + l[?]atan to let.] bleed; to let blood. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Bloodletter \Blood"let`ter\, n. One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist. | |
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Bloodletting \Blood"let`ting\, n. (Med.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection. | |
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Bloodulf \Blood"ulf\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European bullfinch. | |
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Blotless \Blot"less\, a. Without blot. | |
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Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. {Golden age}. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict. {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup. {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year is the {ring-tailed eagle}. {Golden fleece}. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also {Toison d'Or}. {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}. {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8]) written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.] {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope. {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}. {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}. {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C. apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow, black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called {frostbird}, and {bullhead}. {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab. {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. {Golden rule}. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. --Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe. {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet places in early spring. {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}. {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are golden, blue, and green. {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}. | |
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Boldly \Bold"ly\, adv. [AS. bealdl[c6]ce.] In a bold manner. | |
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Boltel \Bol"tel\, n. See {Boultel}. | |
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Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.] | |
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Boltel \Bol"tel\, n. See {Boultel}. | |
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Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.] | |
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Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.] | |
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Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.] | |
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Bullate \Bul"late\ (b[ucr]l"l[asl]t/), a. [L. bullatus, fr. bulla bubble.] (Biol.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered. {Bullate leaf} (Bot.), a leaf, the membranous part of which rises between the veins puckered elevations convex on one side and concave on the other. | |
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Bultel \Bul"tel\, n. [LL. bultellus. See {Bolt} to sift.] A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.] | |
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Little \Lit"tle\, n. 1. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like. Much was in little writ. --Dryden. There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but little of my ignorance. --Locke. 2. A small degree or scale; miniature. [bd] His picture in little.[b8] --Shak. A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. [bd] Stay a little.[b8] --Shak. The painter flattered her a little. --Shak. {By little and little}, [or] {Little by little}, by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually. |