Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
Jer. i. 5.
4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
Out of the belly of hell cried I.
Jonah ii. 2.
5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak. -- Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson. -- Belly timber, food. [Ludicrous] Prior. -- Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). Johnson.
Bel"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bellied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bellying.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]
Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.
Shak.
Bel"ly, v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
Dryden.
Bel"ly*ache` (&?;), n. Pain in the bowels; colic.
Bel"ly*band` (&?;), n. 1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.