belladonna (beladona)

[NL., IMG:content-1894.png:[graphic][subsumed][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] IMG:content-1895.png:[blocks in formation] gle of 90°, and by which its velo- city-ratio and range may be altered at pleasure by making the arms of different lengths. It is much em- ployed in machinery, and is named from the fact that it is the form of crank em- ployed in changing the direction of the wires of house-bells. F in the cut is the See Or like a larger jug that some men call A Bellarmine . W. Cartwright , The Ordinary. center of motion about which the arms oscillate. belle (bel), a. and n. [F. belle , fem. of beau , OF. bel , bell us , beautiful: see bell, bells .] I. a. Beautiful; charming; fair. - Belle cheret. [ME., belle chere : see belle and cheer .] Good enter That he hath had ful ofte tymes here. Chaucer , Shipman's Tale, 1. 409. II. n. A fair lady; a handsome woman of society; a recognized or reigning beauty. Where none admire, 'tis usele to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle . Lord Lyttelton, Beauty in the Country. Beauty alone will not make the belle ; the beauty must be lit up by esprit. belled (beld), p. a. Hung with bells; in her ., having hawk-bells attached: said of a hawk when used as a bearing. belle let trist, n. See belletrist . bell eric (be-ler'ik), n. [F. belléric , ult. balilaj , balilah .] alilah .] The astringent fruit of Terminal i a Bell eric a , one of the fruits imported from India, under the name of myrobalans , for the use of calico-printers. Bellerophon (be-ler'ō-fon), n. [L., Βελλεροφόντης , & local hero of Cor- inth, in Greek myth. slayer of the monster Chimera; Βέλλερος , supposed to mean 'mon- ster,' + -φῶν, -φόντης, slayer, pav , kill, akin to E. banel, q. v.] An extinct genus of gastro- pods, typical of the fam- Bellerophon expansus, Upper ily Bellerophontida . It is one of the genera whose shells largely enter into the com- position of limestone beds of the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous epochs. IMG:content-1896.png:[graphic] bell-gamba (bel'gamba), n. Same as cone- gamba (which see). bell-gastrula (bel'gas"trö-lä), n. In biol ., the original, primary palingenetic form of gas- trula, according to the views of Haeckel: same as arch i gastrula . See cut under gastrula . bell-gla (bel'glas), n. A bell-shaped gla ve el used to cover objects which require pro- tection from variations of the atmosphere, dust, and influences of like character, as delicate A belfry. belle , Same as call - bell . Bell-canopy, Harvard Col- lege, Cambridge, Ma . bellerophontid (be-ler-o-fon'tid), n. [ Bellero- phontida .] A gastropod of the family Bellero- Bellerophontide (be-ler-o-fon'ti-dē), n. pl . [NL., Bellerophon (t-) +-idæ.] An extinct family of gastropods, typified by the genus Bel- lerophon. The shell was symmetrically involute and nautili form, with the periphery carinated or sulcated and notched or incised at the lip. The species flourished and were numerous in the Paleozoic age. Their affinities are uncertain. Formerly they were a ociated by most au- thors with the heteropod Atlantidæ , but they are now generally approximated to the Pleurotomariidæ , of the order Rhipidoglo a . belles-lettres (bel'let'r), n . pl. [F., lit. 'fine letters' (like beaux - arts , fine arts): belle , fine, beautiful; lettre , letter, pl. lettres , literature: see belle and letter .] Polite or elegant liter a- ture: a word of somewhat indefinite applica- tion, including poetry, fiction, and other imagi- native literature, and the studies and criticism connected therewith; literature regarded as a form of fine art. belletrist, belle let trist (be-let'rist), n. belles - lettres + -ist.] One devoted to belles- lettres. IMG:content-1897.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1898.png:[blocks in formation] I staid up till the bell -man came by with his bell just under my window as I was writing of this very line, and cried, "Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning." Pepys , Diary, I. 8. sent i ally of an air-chamber which can be alternately expanded and contracted, and a nozle by which the current of air can be directed. When the air- chamber is expanded, air is admitted through a valve IMG:content-1899.png:[graphic] bell-mare (bel'mar), n. A mare used by mule- herders as an aid in keeping their herds to- gether. The mules follow the bell-mare wher- ever she goes. Also called madrina in the originally Spanish parts of the United States. bell-metal (bel'metal), n. A variety of bronze, opening inward. The pres- an alloy of copper and tin, of which bells are made. The proportions in which the two metals are employed are variable. In some very large English bells there is from 22 to 24 per cent. of tin and from 76 to 78 of copper. Four parts of the latter metal to one of the for- mer is said to be the proportion used in many of the lar- gest bells. See bronze . - Bell-metal ore, a name by which the mineral stannite, or sulphid of tin, copper, and iron, found in Cornwall, is frequently known, owing to its re- semblance in appearance to bell-metal or bronze. bell-metronome (bel'metrō-nom), n. A met- ronome provided with a bell that may be set to strike after a given number of oscillations of the pendulum, thus marking the beginning of measures as well as the pulses within measures. bell-mouth (bel'mouth), n. A mouthpiece ex- panding like a bell. A bell mouth may also have the form of the contracted jet. bell-mouthed (bel'moutht), a. 1. Gradually expanded at the mouth in the form of a bell. His bell - mouth'd goblet makes me feel quite Danish, Or Dutch, with thirst. Byron, Don Juan, xiii. 72. 2. Having a clear, ringing voice: said of a hound. bell-nosed (bel'nōzd), a. Expanded at the muzzle in the shape of a bell: said of firearms. W. W. Greener, Gun and its Development, p. 77. bell on (bel'on), n. [Origin unknown.] Lead- colic, or painters' colic. Bell on a (be-lō'nä), n. [L., OL. Duellona , bel- lum , OL. duellum , war.] 1. In Rom . myth ., the godde of war. Her temple stood in the Campus Martius, without the walls, and was held to symbolize enemies' territory. In it the Senate received foreign am- ba a dors and victorious generals entitled to a triumph. 2. [NL.] In ornith ., a genus of humming-birds. Mulsant and Verreaux , 1865.-3. [ l . c .] [NL.] In herpet ., the specific name of a snake, Pityo- phis bell on a . A musical instru- bell on i on (be-lō'ni-on), n . [ belliger , IMG:content-1900.png:[blocks in formation] ment, invented at Dresden in 1812, consisting of twenty-four trumpets and two drums, which were played by machinery. bellow (bel'ō), v. [ bellewen , belwen , bellow, low, bylgean (occurring only once), bellow (as a bull), appar. with added formative and umlaut from the same root as bell an , low, bellow, E. bell: see bell2 .] I. in trans. 1. To roar; make a hollow, loud noise, as a bull, cow, or deer. IMG:content-1901.png:[blocks in formation] Smollett , Humphrey Clinker. bellow (bel'ō), n. [ bellow , v. i.] A roar, as of a bull; a loud outery. bellower (bel'ō-ėr), п. One who bellows. bellows (bel'ōz or -us), n. sing . and pl . [Also, colloquially, bellowses , a double plural; belowes , belwes, also belies , a bellows, prop. pl. of belowe , belu , also bely , bel i , a bellows, a bag, the belly (same word as belly ), bælg , bælig , belg , belig , a bag, a bellows (earlier spe- cifically blæstbelig Icel. blāstrbelgr ; cf. D. blaas- IMG:content-1902.png:[blocks in formation] bellows-camera (bel'- ōz-kam"e-ra), n. photog ., a form of ex- bell-pull (bel'pul), n. The handle or knob by which a bell attached to a wire or rope is rung, as a door-bell. bell-pump (bel'pump), n. A bell-shaped pump used in cleaning gas and service-pipes. bell-punch (bel punch), n. A hand-punch con- taining a signal-bell, used for punching a hole in a ticket, trip- slip, etc., in or- der to record and call atten- tion to the num- ber of fares taken. IMG:content-1903.png:[blocks in formation] bell-ringer (bel'ring"ėr), n. 1. One whose busine is to ring a bell, espe- cially a church- bell or one of a chime of bells; also, a performer with musical hand-bells.-2. An automatic device upon a locomotive for ringing the bell.-3. Mechanism for ringing chimes by hand, by means of lever- handles which are connected by wires with the clappers or the axes of the bells, or by water- power, compre ed air, or steam operating in various ways to accomplish the same object. bell-roof (bel'röf), n. A roof shaped some- what like a bell. Its figure is generated by the revolution of an ogee curve about the apex. See cut on next page. A. combination lock; B , aperture in C , door IMG:content-1904.png:[blocks in formation] bell-shaped (bel's hapt), a . Having the form of a bell, or of a somewhat deep ve el whose lip turns out and then begins to turn in again; specifically, in bot . , campanulate. See cut under Campanula . – Bell-shaped pa- rabola, a divergent parabola having nei- ther crunode nor cusp. Some geometri- cians, without sufficient reason or author- ity, restrict the name to those divergent ◆ parabolas to which from some points of the plane six real tangents can be drawn. Pure bell-shaped parabola, one which constitutes the entire real part of a cubic curve of the sixth cla . bell-sound (bel's ound), n. In aus- cult at i on, a peculiar sound indica- tive of pneumothorax. It may be observed by applying a small piece of metal, as a coin, to the affected part of the chest, and striking it with a second piece, when a clear, bell-like sound is heard through the stethoscope applied in the Bell-shaped vicinity. bell-telegraph (bel'tel"ē-graf), n. 1. A telegraphic apparatus in which two dif- ferently toned bells take the place of a vibrat- ing needle in giving the signals.-2. An an- nunciator; a fire or burglar-alarm. bell-tower (bel'tou"èr), n. A tower of any kind built to contain one or more bells. See cut under campanile . IMG:content-1905.png:[blocks in formation] bell-wether (bel'werHer), n. wether, belle we der ; bell1 + wether .] A wether or sheep which leads the flock, usually carry- ing a bell on its neck. [As] a bell - wether [will] form the flock's connection By tinkling sounds, when they go forth to victual; Such is the sway of our great men o'er little. bell-work (bel'werk), n . In mining , a system of working flat ironstone-beds by underground excavations in the form of a bell around the pits or shafts; also used on a grand scale in working the salt-mines of Transylvania. bellwort (bel'wert), n. 1. A gene plants of the natural order Campanulacea . -2. In the United States, a common name for spe- cies of the genus Uvular i a , spring flowers of the IMG:content-1906.png:[graphic] Caused by an inundation of pease-porridge. Beau . and Fl . , Mons. Thomas. belly-band (bel'i-band), n. 1. A band that goes round the belly; spe belly; specifically, a saddle-girth; also, a band fastened to the shafts of a vehicle, and pa ing under the belly of the animal draw- ing it.-2. Naut ., a band of canvas placed acro a sail to strengthen it. belly-boards (bel'i-bordz), n. pl . A kind of fir and pine boards produced in Switzerland, used for the sounding-boards of musical instru- ments. belly-bound (bel'i-bound), a. costive. [Vulgar.] belly-brace (bel'i-bras), n. belly (bel'i), n.; pl. bellies (-iz). [Early mod. E. and E. dial, also bally , bely , bel i , belly, stomach, womb (in early ME. the body), also a bellows (see bellows ), belg , bælg , bielg , bylg (also bælig , belig , bylig , with intrusive i ). also bælge , bylge , a bag, bell, pouch, purse, hull, bellows, a bag of any kind, esp. kind, esp. of skin (belly-cheat (bel'i-chēt), n. tween the frames of a locomotive, stayed to the boiler. IMG:content-1907.png:[blocks in formation] lows, Goth. balgs , a wine-skin, orig. a bag, esp. of skin), belgan (pret. bealg ) (= OHG. belgan ), swell, swell up, be inflated. Cf. bell4 and boln . Doublet (orig. (or pl.) bellows , q. v. Similar forms are Gael. balg , bolg = Ir. balg , bolg , bag, belly, = W. bol , bola , boly , belly, appar. an old Celtic word, > LL. bulga , bag: see bulge , bouge1 , budge2 , etc.] 1. That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the groin, and contains the bowels; the part of the trunk between the diaphragm and the pelvis, considered as to its front and side walls and its cavity and contents; the abdomen. See cut under abdomen .-2. The part of any animal which corresponds to the human belly; the ab- domen in general. IMG:content-1908.png:[blocks in formation] of a sink or other in- let to a drain. The foul air is prevented from rising by an invert- ed cup or bell, the lips of which dip into a cham- ber filled with water sur- rounding the top of the pipe. bell-turret (bel'- turet), n. A turret containing a bell- chamber, and usu- ally crowned with a spire or other ornamental feature. In medie-masonry, the batter of a wall. (4) In saddlery , a piece of IMG:content-1909.png:[blocks in formation] also spelled chete , a thing: see cheat2 .] An or covering for the front of the person. apron Beau . and Fl . [Old slang.] belly-cheert (bel'i-cher), n. Good cheer; meat and drink; food. Elyot , Dict., 1559. Bald-pate friars, whose summum bonum is in belly - cheer . Marlowe . Udall, Prol. to Ephesians. A rustic glutton. belly-churlt (bel'i-chèrl), n. Drayton. belly-doublett (bel'i-dub"let), n. made very long in front, and stuffed or bom- basted so as to project somewhat, as in the representation of Punch in English puppet- shows. This fashion prevailed about 1585 and IMG:content-1910.png:[graphic] of a saddle to serve as a point of attachment for valise- straps. (e) In ship - carp ., the inside or concave side of a piece of curved timber, the outside being termed the back . (f) In carriage - making , the wooden covering of an iron axle. (9) archery , the interior side a bow, which is IMG:content-1911.png:[blocks in formation] breadth of the lode. - Back and belly. See back1 . belly (bel'i), v .; pret. and pp. bellied , ppr. belly ing. [ belly , n.] I. trans. To fill; swell out. Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. Shak ., T. and C., ii. 2. Nor were they [the Pilgrim fathers] so wanting to them- selves in faith as to burn their ship, but could see the fair west wind belly the homeward sail, and then turn unre- pining to grapple with the terrible Unknown. belly-pinched (bel'i-pincht), a . starved: as, "the belly - pinched wolf," Through deserts vast And regions desolate they pa 'd, Where belly - timber , above ground Or under, was not to be found. S. Butler , Hudibras, I. 1. 331.