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Webster 1913 Edition
Belt
Belt
(bĕlt)
, Noun.
[AS.
belt
; akin to Icel. belti
, Sw. bälte
, Dan. bælte
, OHG. balz
, L. balteus
, Ir. & Gael. balt
border, belt.] 1.
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.
2.
That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
He cannot buckle his distempered cause
Within the
Within the
belt
of rule. Shakespeare
3.
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 sand5.
(Astron.)
One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
6.
(Geog.)
A narrow passage or strait;
as, the Great
. Belt
and the Lesser Belt
, leading to the Baltic Sea7.
(Her.)
A token or badge of knightly rank.
8.
(Mech.)
A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
[See Illust. of
Pulley
.] 9.
(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.
Belt
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Belted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Belting
.] 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.
2.
To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Belt
BELT
,Noun.
1.
A girdle; a band,usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung.2.
A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that of Funen at the entrance of the Baltic,usually called the Great Belt. The Lesser Belt is the passage between the isle of Funen, and the coast of Jutland.3.
A bandage or band used by surgeons for various purposes.4.
In astronomy, certain girdles or rings, which surround the planet Jupiter, are called belts.5.
A disease among sheep,cured by cutting off the tail, laying the sore bare, then casting mold on it, and applying tar and goose grease.BELT
,Verb.
T.