Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Belly

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Belly


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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

(3):

(n.) The womb.

(4):

(v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

(5):

(v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.

(6):

(n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

(7):

(n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.