Bel"lied (&?;), a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad- bellied.
{ Bel*lig"er*ence (&?;), Bel*lig"er*en*cy (&?;), } n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.
Bel*lig"er*ent (&?;), a. [L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. belligérant. See Bellicose, Jest.] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." E. Everett.
2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
Bel*lig"er*ent, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
Bel*lig"er*ent*ly, adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
Bell"ing (&?;), n. [From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson.
Bel*lip"o*tent (&?;), a. [L. bellipotens; bellum war + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.] Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] Blount.
Bell" jar` (&?;). (Phys.) A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.
Bell"man (&?;), n. A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton.
Bell" met`al (&?;). A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells.
Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.
Bell"-mouthed` (&?;), a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron.
Bel"lon (&?;), n. Lead colic.
||Bel*lo"na (&?;), n. [L., from bellum war.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of war.
Bel"low (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bellowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellowing.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell, n. & v., Bawl, Bull.] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.