Three men with belted brands.
Sir W. Scott.
Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also blanketed cattle.
{ Bel"tein (&?;), Bel"tin } (&?;), n. See Beltane.
Belt"ing (&?;), n. The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
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Be*lu"ga (b*l"g), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zoöl.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
Be*lute" (b*lt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Beluting.] [Pref. be- + L. lutum mud.] To bespatter, as with mud. [R.] Sterne.
Bel`ve*dere" (&?;), n. [It., fr. bello, bel, beautiful + vedere to see.] (Arch.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
||Bel"ze*buth (&?;), n. [From Beelzebub.] (Zoöl.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.
||Be"ma (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; step, platform.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.
2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Be*mad" (&?;), v. t. To make mad. [Obs.] Fuller.
Be*man"gle (&?;), v. t. To mangle; to tear asunder. [R.] Beaumont.
Be*mask" (&?;), v. t. To mask; to conceal.
Be*mas"ter (&?;), v. t. To master thoroughly.
Be*maul" (&?;), v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. "In order to bemaul Yorick." Sterne.
Be*maze (&?;), v. t. [OE. bimasen; pref. be- + masen to maze.] To bewilder.
Intellects bemazed in endless doubt.
Cowper.
Be*mean" (&?;), v. t. To make mean; to lower. C. Reade.
Be*meet" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemet (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemeeting.] To meet. [Obs.]
Our very loving sister, well bemet.
Shak.
Be*mete" (&?;), v. t. To mete. [Obs.] Shak.
Be*min"gle (&?;), v. t. To mingle; to mix.
Be*mire" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemired (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring.] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.
Bemired and benighted in the dog.
Burke.