Bel swagger

[ Bell and swagger.] A bully; a whore-master. "You are a charitable bel swagger ."-Dryden. "Then snatched the shining belt , with gold inlaid; The belt Eurytion's artful hands had made."-Dryden. -Anything resembling a belt, which confines or girds. "Within the belt of rule."-Shaks. ( Arch .) A string-course and blocking-course; a course of stones projecting from a wall, either moulded, plain, fluted, or enriched. (Astron.) The dark stripes or zones that appear on the surface of the planet Jupiter parallel to its equator. (See JUPITER.) Orion's Belt is figured by three stars in a direct line with each other, situated horizontally in the centre of the constellation. ( Surg .) A broad bandage applied to the abdomen, so as to support and make methodical pre ure upon it. (Mech.) A band which, by wheels and pulleys, connects the different rotatory parts of machinery. It is generally made of leather. ( Her .) A badge or mark of the knightly order. - Bu chan an . (Farriery.) A disease in sheep. -v. a. To gird or encompa , as with a belt; to encircle. " Belted with young children.' -De Quincy. -To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.