belly-band

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• Band

  ·vt A bond. II. Band ·- imp. of Bind. III. Band ·vt A belt or strap. IV. Band ·vt Pledge; securit...

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• band

  a string of any kind. North. ...

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• band

  The musicians of a band are called idlers in large ships. Also a small body of armed men or retainer...

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• Band

  The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth part of a le...

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• Belly

  ·noun The <<Womb>>. II. Belly ·vt To cause to swell out; to <<Fill>>. III. Belly ·noun The under p...

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• Belly

  The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolicall...

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• belly

  His eye was bigger than his belly; a saying of a person at a table, who takes more on his plate than...

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• belly

  The swell of a sail. The inner or hollow part of compass timber; the outside is called the back. To ...

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• Band fish

  ·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. ...

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• Reef-band

  ·noun A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for ...

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• Augustus band

  (Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour ...

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• Italian band

  The name of the Roman cohort to which Cornelius belonged (Acts 10:1), so called probably because it ...

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• band-kitt

  a kind of great can with a cover; called in Yorkshire a BOW-KITE. ...

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• calling-band

  a leading string, or back-string, for children. Sometimes called only a CAL. York, - West Riding. ...

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• shirt-band

  a band. N. ...

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• band-fish

  , or ribbon-fishes A popular name of the Gymnetrus genus. ...

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• coral-band

  See sand and coral bank or islet. ...

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• humla-band

  A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole. ...

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• middle band

  One of the bands of a sail, to give additional strength. ...

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• reef-band

  A narrow band of canvas sewed on the reef-line to support the strain of the reef-points. It is pierc...

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• Augustus Band

  (Acts 27:1) [Army] ...

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• Italian Band

  [Army] ...

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• Troop, Band

  These words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud, which has invariably the sense of an ir...

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• Belly-god

  ·noun One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an <<Epicure>>. ...

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• Belly-pinched

  ·adj Pinched with hunger; starved. ...

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• Gor-belly

  ·noun A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. ...

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• Pot-belly

  ·noun A protuberant belly. ...

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• Speckled-belly

  ·noun The <<Gadwall>>. ...

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• belly cheat

  An apron. ...

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• belly plea

  The plea of pregnancy, generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted, which they take care ...

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• belly timber

  Food of all sorts. ...

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• yellow belly

  A native of the Fens of Licoinshire; an allusion to the eels caught there. ...

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• silver-belly

  n. name given: 1) in New SouthWales, to the fish Silver-Bream (q.v.); 2) in Tasmania,to various s...

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• yellow-belly

  n. In New South Wales, the nameis given to a fresh-water fish, Ctenolates auratus;called also Golde...

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• belly-wark

  the gripes. N. They also say TOOTH-WARK, and HEAD-WARK. ...

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• yellow belly

  a person born in the Fens of Lincolnshire. L. ...

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• belly-guy

  A tackle applied half-way up sheers, or long spars that require support in the middle. Frequently ap...

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• belly-mat

  See paunch-mat. ...

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• belly-stay

  Used half-mast down when a mast requires support; as belly-guy, above. ...

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• yellow-belly

  A name given to a person born in the fens along our eastern shores: also occasionally to half-castes...

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• whip-belly vengeance

  or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share. Weak or sour beer. ...

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