bellicous

[Lat. bellicus = pertaining to war. In Fr. belliqueux.] Warlike, martial. (NOW BELLICOSE is used instead of it.) sum border men, quhais myndis at na tyme are aither mart i all, or bellicous , but only given to rieff and spuilyie, " -Hist . James the Sext , p. 148. (Jamie son.) běl-lid-ě-sæ, s. pl . [BELLIS.] Bot. A family of composite plants belonging to the tribe Asteroidea. Type, Bellis. běl'-li-ě-se, s. pl . [BELLIUM.] Bot. A family of plants belonging to the tribe Asteroidea. Type, Bellium (q.v.). běl'-lied, pa , par . & a. [BELY, v.t.] A. As a simple word chiefly in Bot. Swelling at the middle, ventricose. (Mariyn.) B. In compos. Having a belly of a character described by the word which precedes it; as "white- bellied swift" ( i.e. , the swift of which the belly is white), Cypselus alpinus .