belly-timber 
Through deserts vast 
And regions desolate they pass il. 
Where belly-timber, above ground 
Or under, was not to be found. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, I. i. 331. 
belly-vengeance (bel'i-ven*'jens), . A name 
given in some parts of England to weak or sour 
beer. 
belly-wash (bel'i-wosh), . Any kind of drink 
of poor quality. [Vulgar.] 
belly-worm (bel'i-werm), n. A worm that 
breeds in the belly or stomach. Ray. 
belock (be-lok'), . t. [< be- 1 + Jock 1 ; not di- 
rectly < ME. belouJcen, pp. beloken, < AS. belu- 
can, pp. belocen, < be- + lucan, lock.] To lock, 
or fasten as with a lock. 
This is the hand which, with a vow'd contract, 
Was fast belock'd in thine. Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 
Belodon (bel'o-don), n, [NL., < Gr. /3<>/>.of , a dart, 
+ orfofcf (Mow-) = E. tooth.'} The typical genus 
of crocodiles of the family Belndontulai, belong- 
ing to the Triassic age, and including the oldest 
known croeodilians, remains of which occur 
both in European and American formations. B. 
Upturns, the largest species, attained a length 
of 10 feet. 
belodontid (bel-o-don'tid), n. [< Belodonttdce.'] 
A crocodilian reptile of the family Belodontida:. 
Belodontidae (bel-6-don'ti-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Belodon(t-) + -idte."] A family of fossil pre-Cre- 
taceous crocodiles, order Crocodilia. They have 
amphicoelous vertebra, pterygoids separate below, pos- 
terior nares bounded by the palatines, and external nos- 
trils near the orbits on the upper part of the base of the 
snout. 
. 
belomancy (bel'6-man-si), n. [< LGr. 
fia, < Gr. /3t).of, dart, arrow, + iiavreia, divina- 
tion.] A kind of divination by means of arrows, 
practised by the Scythians, Babylonians, Ara- 
bians, and other ancient peoples. A number of 
pointless arrows were variously marked and put into a bag 
or quiver, and then drawn out at random ; the marks or 
words on the arrow drawn were taken as indications of 
what was to happen. Thus, Kzek. xxi. 21 (revised version) : 
" For the king or Babylon stood at the parting of the way, 
at the head of the two ways, to use divination : he shook 
the arrows to and fro." 
The arrow-divination or belomancy here mentioned 
[Ezek. xxi. 21] was done with pointless arrows marked 
and drawn as lots. Encyc. Brit., XV. 201. 
Belone (bel'o-ne), n. [L., < Gr. peMvq, any 
sharp point, a needle, \ /3ttoc, an arrow, dart, 
any missile, < ftaUxtv, throw.] A genus of 
fishes remarkable for their slender and elon- 
gated jaws, representing in some systems a 
family Belonldce, in others referred to the Scom- 
beresocidte; the garfishes. 
belong (be-long'), v. i. [< ME. belongen (= D. 
belangen, concern, = OHG. belangen, MHG. G. 
belangen, reach to, attain, concern, affect ; asso- 
ciated with the adj., early ME. belong (= OS. 
bilang = MD. belangh), equiv. to AS. gelang, 
ME. ylong, Hong, along, long, mod. E. along 2 , 
long 3 , belonging, along), < be- 1 + longen, be- 
long (there is no AS. *belangian or "belang) : 
see along' 2 , long?, longS.] 1. To go along with 
anything, or accompany it as an adjunct or at- 
tribute ; pertain ; appertain ; be a property (of) ; 
be in the power or at the disposal (of). [In all 
senses except 7 followed by to, or in the older 
English by unto.] 
Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging 
unto Boaz. Ruth ii. 3. 
And David said nnto him, To whom belongest thou ? 
1 Sam. xxx. 13. 
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. 
Dan. ix. 9. 
He . , . careth for the things that belong to the Lord. 
1 Cor. vii. 32. 
Most of the males subject to him [the father of the 
family] are really his children, but, even if they have not 
sprung from him, they are subject to him, they form part 
of his household, they (if a word coloured by later notions 
be used) belong to him. 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 87. 
2. To be the concern or proper business (of) ; 
appertain (to) : as, it belongs to John Doe to 
prove the title. 
To you it doth belong 
Yourself to pardon of self-doing crime. 
Shak., Sonnets, Iviii. 
3. To be appendant (to) ; be connected (with) ; 
be a special relation (to): as, a beam or rafter 
belongs to such a frame, or to such a place in 
the building. 
He took them, and went aside privately into a desert 
place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. Luke ix. 10. 
4. To be suitable ; be due. 
Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. 
Heb. v. 14. 
Hearing . . . thy beauty sounded, 
(Yet not so deeply as to thee belongs,) 
Myself am mov'd to woo thee for my wife. 
Shak., T. of theS.,li. 1. 
518 
Sir, monuments and eulogy belong to the dead. 
D. Webster, Speech, Bunker Hill. 
5. To have a settled residence (in) ; be domi- 
ciled (in) ; specifically, have a legal residence, 
settlement, or inhabitancy (in), whether by 
birth or operation of law, so as to be charge- 
able upon the parish or town : said of a pau- 
per, or one likely to become such. 
Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the 
mothers belong. Blackslone, Com., I. xvi. 
6. To be a native (of) ; have original residence 
(in). 
There is no other country in the world to which the 
gipsies could belong. tl. Raper. 
1. To have its (or one's) proper place ; be resi- 
dent : as, this book belongs on the top shelf ; I 
belong here (in this house or town). [U. S.] 
belonging (be-16ng'iug), . [< belong + -ing 1 .'] 
That which belongs to one : used generally, if 
not always, in the plural, (a) Qualities; endow- 
ments ; faculties. 
Thyself and thy belongings 
Are not thine own so proper, as to waste 
Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 
Shak., M. forM.,i. 1. 
(b) Property ; possessions : as, "I carry all my belongings 
with me," Trollope. (c) Members of one's family or house- 
hold; relations or dependants. [Humorous.] 
When Lady Kew said, "sic mlo, sic jnbeo," I promise 
you few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, be- 
fore they did her biddings, to ask her reasons. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, xxxiii. 
I have been trouble enough to my belongings in my day. 
Dickens, Bleak House, II. 103. 
(a) Appendages. 
The belongings to this Indian-looking robe. 
Cornh.nl Mag. 
belonid (bel'o-nid), n. [< Belonirla:.] A fish 
of the family 'jSelonidw. 
Belonidae (be-lon'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Belone + 
-idte.'] A family of fishes, represented by the 
genus Belone, containing Synentognathi with an 
Silver Garfish ( Tylosurus longirostris'}. 
elongate stout body, oblong wide head flat- 
tened above and terminating in long stout 
jaws, the upper of which is composed of the 
coalesced intermaxillaries, supramaxillaries, 
and facial bones, while the lower has an addi- 
tional bone behind. The vertebrae have zygapophyses, 
and the bones are generally green. The species are called 
garpikes, garfish, or gars. The English species is a mem- 
ber of the genus Belone, B. vulgaris, but those of the 
United States belong to the genus Tylosurus, of which 
there are nine species, as T. marinus, T. crassus, T. exilis, 
T. longirostris, etc. 
belonite (bel'o-nit), n. [< Gr. fieUvn, any sharp 
point, a needfe (see Belone), + -ite 2 .] A kind 
of minute imperfect crystals, usually acicular in 
form, sometimes dendritic, observed in glassy 
volcanic rocks. The term is now limited to 
such as exert no action on polarized light. 
belonoid (bel'o-noid), a. [< Gr. jie^jmociiiif, 
needle-shaped, '< faUvr/, a needle (see Belone], 
+ eMof, form.] Resembling a bodkin or nee- 
dle; styloid: applied to processes of bone. 
Beloocnee (be-lfTche), n. Same as Baluchi. 
Beloptera (be-lop'te-ra), n. [NL., < Gr. /Jttof, 
dart, + irrepov, wing. ] 1 . A genus of dibranchi- 
ate cephalopods, with a wing-like expansion of 
the sides of the shells. 2. [I. c.] Plural of 
belopteron. 
belopterid (be-lop'te-rid), H. [< Belopteridw.] 
A cephalopod of the family Belopteridce. 
Belopteridae (bel-op-ter'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Beloptera + -irfo, 1 .] A family of dibranchiate 
cephalopods, typified by the genus Beloptera, 
closely related to the Belemnitiace, and by some 
authors combined in the same family. The 
species are extinct. 
belopteron (be-lop'te-ron), n. ; pi. Beloptera 
(-ra). [NL., < Gr. /Jttof, a dart (see Belone), 
-f Trrepov, a wing.] The fossil 
internal bone of an extinct 
cephalopod, somewhat like a 
belemnite, but blunter and 
having a wing-like projection 
on each side. 
belord (be-16rd'), v. t. [< be- 1 
+ lord.] 1. To apply the title 
Lord to ; address by the phrase 
"my lord." 2. To domineer 
over. [Rare.] 
Belostoma (be-los'to-ma), n. 
[NL., < Gr. ftOtf. a dart, + 
orii/ia, mouth.] The typical 
genus of heteropterous insects 
of the family Belostomida:, for- ,?. 
Great Water-bug 
( Belostoma gran. 
below 
merly referred to the Nepida;. The largest species 
is B. grandis of South America, the great water-bug, at- 
taining a length of 4 inches. B. ainericana and B. grisea 
inhabit the Atlantic States of North America. A Chinese 
and Indian species is B. indica. 
Belostomidae (bel-os-tom'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Belostoma + -idte."] A family of heteropterous 
insects, containing the largest living members 
of the order lleteroptera. They are large, broad, 
Hat-bodied aquatic insects, with powerful swimming-logs 
and curved fore tibiie, able to prey upon fish and other 
aquatic animals of considerable size. There are about 12 
genera, generally distributed in temperate and torrid re- 
gions. The head is much narrower than the prothorax, 
with prominent eyes, short 3-jointed rostrum, and short 
4-jointed antennas ; the prothorax is wide and trapezoi- 
dal ; the scutellum is large and triangular ; the elytra are 
distinguished into corium and membrane ; and the body 
ends in a pair of ligulate extensile appendages. 
beloutt (be-lout')i v. t. [< be- 1 + lout.] To 
call (a person) a "lout"; address or speak of 
with contemptuous language. 
Sieur Gaulard, when he heard a gentleman report that 
at supper they had not only good cheer but also savoury 
epigrams and fine anagrams, returning home, rated and 
belowted his cook as an ignorant scullion, that never 
dressed . . . him either epigrams or anagrams. 
Camden, Remains. 
belovet (be-luv'), v. [< ME. beloven, oilmen (= 
D. believen, please, gratify, = G. belieben, like, 
wish, impers. please), love, < be-, bi-, + loven, 
luven: see be- 1 and lore.~\ I. intrnns. To please. 
[Early Middle English.] 
II. trans. 1. To be pleased with : like. 2. 
To love. [Little used except in the past parti- 
ciple.] 
If beauty were a string of silke, I would wear it about 
my neck for a certain testimony that I belove it much. 
Wodroephe, French and Eng. Grammar, p. 322. 
beloved (be-luv'ed or -luvd'), p. a. and . [< 
ME. beloved, beluved, biluved, pp. : see love.] I. 
p. a. Loved ; greatly loved ; dear to the heart. 
This is my beloved Son. Mat. iii. 17. 
Beloved of all, and dying ne'er forgot. 
William Harris, Earthly Paradise, II. 307. 
II. n. One who is greatly loved; one very 
dear. 
He giveth his beloved sleep. Ps. cxxvii. 2. 
below (be-16'), adv. and prep. [< ME. biloogtie 
(found only once), adv., < bi, be, prep., by, + 
loogh, logh, adv., low: see 6e- 2 and /oio 2 . The 
older form was alow ; cf. afore, before, atiind, 
behind.] I. adv. 1. In or to a lower place or 
level ; beneath ; downward from a higher point : 
as, look below ; in the valley below. 
Hear the rattling thunder far below. Wordsworth. 
2. On the earth, as opposed to in the heavens. 
The blessed spirits above rejoice at our happiness below. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., III. 5. 
3. In hell, or the regions of the dead : as, "the 
realms below," Dryden. 4. On a lower floor ; 
downstairs. 
Sir Anthony Absolute is below, inquiring for the captain. 
Shendan, The Rivals, iv. 1. 
Hence 5. Naut., off duty: as, the watch below, 
in contradistinction to the watch on deck. 6. 
At a later point in a page or writing; further 
on in the same part or division : as, particulars 
are given below ; see the statistics below. 7. 
Lower down in a course or direction, as toward 
the mouth of a river or harbor, etc. : as, the 
vessel has just arrived from below. 8. In a 
lower rank or grade : as, at the trial below, or 
in the court below. 
H. prep. 1. Under in place; beneath; not 
so high as : as, below the knee. 
The . . . dust below thy feet Shak., Lear, v. 3. 
All the abhorred births below crisp heaven 
Whereon Hyperion's quickening flre doth shine. 
Shak., T. of A., iv. S. 
2. Lower than in position or direction ; lower 
down : as, he lives a little below our house, that 
is, a little lower down the street, road, hill, etc. 
The castle was now taken ; but the town below it was In 
arms. Irving, Granada, p. 32. 
3. Lower than in degree, amount, weight, price, 
value, etc. 4. Later in time than. [Rare.] 
The more eminent scholars which England produced be- 
fore and even below the twelfth century, were educated in 
our religious houses. T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, I. iii. 
5. Inferior in rank, excellence, or dignity: as, 
" one degree below kings," Addison, Remarks 
on Italy, Venice. 6. Too low to be worthy of ; 
inferior to. 
They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how 
below all history the persons and their actions were. 
Milton. 
The works of Petrarch were below both his genius and 
his celebrity. Macaulay, Dante. 
Below the salt. See salt. = Syn. Below, Under, Beneath. 
Below, lower than the plane of ; under, lower in the per- 
