Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 31
Belt (n.) [C] 腰帶；皮帶；帶狀物；傳送帶；傳動帶；（常大寫）地帶，地區 That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
The shining belt with gold inlaid. -- Dryden.
Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
He cannot buckle his distempered cause within the belt of rule. -- Shak.
Belt (n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.
Belt (n.) (Arch.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
Belt (n.) (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
Belt (n.) (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
Belt (n.) (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
Belt (n.) (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
Note: [See Illust. of Pulley.]
Belt (n.) (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting.
Belted (imp. & p. p.) of Belt.
Belting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belt.
Belt (v. t.) 用皮帶抽打；用帶捆住（或佩上）[（+up）]；用帶（或條紋）標明 To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
A coarse black robe belted round the waist. -- C. Reade.
They belt him round with hearts undaunted. -- Wordsworth.
Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Belt (n.) Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
Belt (n.) A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist).
Belt (n.) An elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure".
Belt (n.) A vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt].
Belt (n.) A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: swath, belt].
Belt (n.) Ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun [syn: belt, belt ammunition, belted ammunition].
Belt (n.) The act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang].
Belt (v.) Sing loudly and forcefully [syn: belt out, belt].
Belt (v.) Deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent".
Belt (v.) Fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" [ant: unbelt].
Belt, MT -- U.S. city in Montana
Population (2000): 633
Housing Units (2000): 295
Land area (2000): 0.337242 sq. miles (0.873452 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.337242 sq. miles (0.873452 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05275
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 47.385935 N, 110.926587 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59412
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Belt, MT
Belt
Beltane (n.) 【蘇格蘭】五月一日；古塞爾特族的慶祝會 The first day of May (Old Style).
The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. -- New English Dict.
Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.
Compare: Heathen
Heathen (n.) [Derogatory] 異教徒；不信教的人；未開化者 A person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do.
‘My brother and I were raised, as my grandma puts it, as heathens.’
[As plural noun The heathen ]‘A chance of salvation for the heathen.’
Heathen (n.) A follower of a polytheistic religion; a pagan.
Heathen (n.) [Informal ] A person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles.
‘Eat your chips, you little heathen!’
Heathen (a.) 異教徒的；不信教的；未開化的 Relating to heathens.
‘Heathen practices.’
Belted (a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.
Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
Belted (a.) Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
Beltein (n.) Alt. of Beltin
Beltin (n.) See Beltane.
Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
Beluga (n.) (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Note: 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.
Beluga (n.) The sturgeon ({Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; -- also called hausen. It is valued for its roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of isinglass. See also sturgeon.
Beluga (n.) The caviar obtained from the beluga[2]; -- also called beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and caviar.
Beluga (n.) Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas [syn: beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso].
Beluga (n.) Small northern whale that is white when adult [syn: white whale, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas].
Beluga, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 32
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 102.648548 sq. miles (265.858508 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.736225 sq. miles (1.906815 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 103.384773 sq. miles (267.765323 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06245
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 61.133962 N, 151.164741 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beluga, AK
Beluga
Beluted (imp. & p. p.) of Belute.
Beluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belute.
Belute (v. t.) To bespatter, as with mud.
Belvedere (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
Belzebuth (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.
Bema (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
Bema (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Bemad (v. t.) To make mad.
Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.
Bemask (v. t.) To mask; to conceal.
Bemaster (v. t.) To master thoroughly.
Bemaul (v. t.) To maul or beat severely; to bruise.
Bemaze (v. t.) To bewilder.
Bemean (v. t.) To make mean; to lower.
Bemet (imp. & p. p.) of Bemeet.
Bemeeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemeet.
Bemeet (v. t.) To meet.
Bemete (v. t.) To mete.
Bemingle (v. t.) To mingle; to mix.
Bemired (imp. & p. p.) of Bemire.
Bemiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemire.
Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.
Bemist (v. t.) To envelop in mist.
Bemoaned (imp. & p. p.) of Bemoan.
Bemoaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemoan.
Bemoan (v. t.) To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.
Bemoaner (n.) One who bemoans.
Bemock (v. t.) To mock; to ridicule.
Bemoil (v. t.) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
Bemol (n.) The sign /; the same as B flat.
Bemonster (v. t.) To make monstrous or like a monster.
Bemourn (v. t.) To mourn over.
Bemuddle (v. t.) To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.
Bemuffle (v. t.) To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.
Bemuse (v. t.) To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
Ben () Alt. of Ben nut.
Ben nut () The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.
Ben (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.
Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.
Ben () An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.
Benamed (p. p.) of Bename.
Benempt () of Bename.
Bename (v. t.) To promise; to name.
Benches (n. pl. ) of Bench.
Bench (n.) 板凳，條凳，長凳，工作臺；法官席，議員席 A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Bench.
Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
Benching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bench.
Bench (v. t.) 在……放長凳； 給……以席位；【美】換下（場上隊員） To furnish with benches.
Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.
Bench (n.) A long seat for more than one person.
Bench (n.) A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) [syn: {terrace}, {bench}].
Bench (n.) Persons who administer justice [syn: {judiciary}, {bench}].
Bench (n.) A strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [syn: {workbench}, {work bench}, {bench}].
Bench (n.) The magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively.
Bench (n.) The reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench".
Bench (n.) (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
Bench (v.) Take out of a game; of players.
Bench (v.) Exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show".
Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.
Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.
Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
Bench warrant (n.) (Law) 法官逮捕令；法院逮捕令 A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.
Bench warrant (n.) A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court [syn: bench warrant, arrest warrant].
Bench warrant (n.), Crim. law. The name of a process sometimes given to an attachment issued by order of a criminal court, against an individual for some contempt, or for the purpose of arresting a person accused; the latter is seldom granted unless when a true bill has been found.
Compare: Ordinary
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) (Law) (Roman Law) 尋常，普通；平凡 [the S]； 常任法官；遺囑驗證法官 [C] An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) (Law) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) (Am. Law) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) The mass; the common run. [Obs.].
I see no more in you than in the ordinary of nature's salework. -- Shak.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution. [R.]
Spain had
no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary. -- Bacon.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) Anything which is in ordinary or
common use.
Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and other ordinaries. -- Sir W. Scott.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'h[^o]te; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room. -- Shak.
All the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as flowers of style. -- Swift.
He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries. -- Bancroft.
Ordinary (n.; pl. Ordinaries) (Her.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.
In ordinary (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary. An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court.
In ordinary (b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a naval vessel.
Ordinary of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), The part of the Mass which is the same every day; -- called also the canon of the Mass.
Ordinary (a.) 通常的，平常的；普通的，平凡的；差勁的，低劣的；不精緻的 According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. "The ordinary forms of law." -- Addison.
Ordinary (a.) Common; customary; usual. -- Shak.
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation that in writing. -- Addison.
Ordinary (a.) Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way. – Macaulay.
Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.
Syn: Normal; common; usual; customary.
Usage: See Normal. -- Ordinary, Common. A thing is common in which many persons share or partake; as, a common practice. A thing is ordinary when it is apt to come round in the regular common order or succession
of events.
Ordinary (a.) Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" [ant: extraordinary].
Ordinary (a.) Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" [syn: average, ordinary].
Ordinary (n.) A judge of a probate court.
Ordinary (n.) The expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary".
Ordinary (n.) A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for Death.
Ordinary (n.) An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel [syn: ordinary, ordinary bicycle].
Ordinary (n.) (Heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on Shields.
Ordinary (n.), Civil and eccl. law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.
Ordinary (n.) In England the ordinary is an officer who has immediate jurisdiction in ecclesiastical causes. Co. Litt. 344.
Ordinary (n.) In the United States, the ordinary possesses, in those states where such officer exists, powers vested in him by the constitution and acts of the legislature, In South Carolina, the ordinary is a judicial officer. 1 Rep. Const. Ct. 26; 2 Rep. Const. Ct. 384.
Bended (imp. & p. p.) of Bend
Bent () of Bend
Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend
Bend (v. i.) 偏向； 使變曲，成角度； 彎身，彎腰； 專心 To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
The green earth's end where the bowed welkin slow doth bend. -- Milton.
Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.
There is a cliff, whose high and bending head looks fearfully in the confined deep. -- Shak.
Bend (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.
To whom our vows and wished bend. -- Milton.
Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
While each to his great Father bends. -- Coleridge.
Bend (v. t.) （使）彎曲，屈身； 拉彎； 使成形，強行； 集中全力於 To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." -- Milton.
Towards Coventry bend we our course. -- Shak.
Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
To bend his mind to any public business. -- Temple.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will. -- Pope.
Bend (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." -- Shak.
Bend (v. t.) (Natu.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. -- Totten.
To bend the brow, To knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. -- Camden.
Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
Bend (n.) 彎曲（處）； （尤指道路或河流的）拐彎； 彎道； （潛水夫過快浮出水面造成的）減壓病 A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
Bend (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.]
Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. -- Fletcher.
Bend (n.) (Natu.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. -- Totten.
Bend (n.) (Leather Trade) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Bend (n.) (Mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.