sails belly out

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• belly — 1 noun (C) 1 PERSON a) your stomach: a full belly b) BrE the part of your body between your chest and your legs; abdomen (1): She lay on her belly in the long grass. 2 ANIMAL the underneath of an animal s body 3 OBJECT a curved or rounded part of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Belly — Bel ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellying}.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.] [1913 Webster] Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• belly — bellylike, adj. /bel ee/, n., pl. bellies, v., bellied, bellying. n. 1. the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen. 2. the stomach with its adjuncts. 3. appetite… …   Universalium

• belly — bel•ly [[t]ˈbɛl i[/t]] n. pl. lies, 1) anat. the abdomen or underpart of an animal 2) anat. the stomach with its adjuncts 3) appetite or capacity for food; gluttony 4) the womb; uterus 5) the interior of something: a ship s belly[/ex] 6) a… …   From formal English to slang

• belly — I. noun (plural bellies) Etymology: Middle English bely bellows, belly, from Old English belg bag, skin; akin to Old High German balg bag, skin, Old English blāwan to blow more at blow Date: before 12th century 1. a. abdomen 1; also potbelly 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• belly —    The original sense of the word was bag, from a Germanic root element balg or belg that is related to bellows and billow. A belly swells out, as sails do when they belly in the wind …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• Bellied — Belly Bel ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellying}.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.] [1913 Webster] Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bellying — Belly Bel ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellying}.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.] [1913 Webster] Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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