4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.

Bel*gard" (&?;), n. [It. bel guardo.] A sweet or loving look. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bel"gi*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Belgium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Belgium.

Bel"gic (&?;), a. [L. Belgicus, fr. Belgae the Belgians.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Belgæ, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.

How unlike their Belgic sires of old.

Goldsmith.