Belly \Bel"ly\ (b[e^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. {Bellies} (-l[i^]z). [OE. bali, bely, AS. belg, b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b["a]lg, Dan. b[ae]lg, D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir. bolg. Cf. {Bellows}, {Follicle}, {Fool}, {Bilge}.] 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
Note: Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head. --Dunglison.
2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.
Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak.
3. The womb. [Obs.]
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. --Jer. i. 5.
4. 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.
Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2.
5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
{Belly doublet}, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. --Shak.
{Belly fretting}, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. --Johnson.
{Belly timber}, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior.
{Belly worm}, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). --Johnson.
Belly \Bel"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellying}.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]
Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. --Shak.
Belly \Bel"ly\, v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden.
"This is going to be one strong baby," she said, gesturing to her belly before getting on a van to transfer onto the plane to the Philippines.
'I have always wanted to raise Jordan above the level of the belly dancers and camel caravans to a more cultural and educational type of tourism.
"I remember waking up and feeling a hot, burning pain in my belly," Mrs. Ellis says.
They then tried to install a "belly valve" that would allow a controlled flow, but that also failed.
Pork belly prices have been recovering slowly since early September after sliding to 18-year lows during the summer as supplies piled up in warehouses, a function of declining consumption of bacon, which is made from pork bellies.
The civil lineup against him includes the Ohio Deposit Guarantee Fund, which went belly up when Home State failed; it is suing for $756 million.
Seeing the station (built in 1913 by Warren and Wetmore) as the belly button of New York, Johnson praised, not just the non-stop urban ballet but also the profligate sumptuousness of the station.
LIVESTOCK and MEATS: The prices of hog and pork belly futures contracts rallied late during the trading session amid reports that the Polish government is requesting a huge food aid package that includes pork bellies and beef.
Pork belly futures were lower on technical selling.
The type found in the North Atlantic are Black Right Whales, which have black bodies and sometimes with white areas on the belly.
Hog futures prices fell, while pork belly prices rose.
A powerful three-day surge in pork belly futures prices peaked; livestock futures were mixed; energy futures were mixed; precious metals retreated; and grains and soybeans were mixed.
They inspected the belly of the shuttle, chatting, laughing and hugging each other before leaving the dry lakebed for debriefing.
The fire broke out in a bin housing the Boeing 727's computer and electronic equipment in the belly of the aircraft below and behind the cockpit, Fred Rollins, Delta's district marketing director, said at a briefing.
The heavy rod kept Jakie Dale Klaber from plunging six more floors to the ground when it pierced his belly and groin, said Drs. Tom Harris and Brian Zachariah, who treated Klaber at the scene Monday.
'I'm riding off into the sunset and will probably turn up as a belly dancer in Libya,' he adds. Although his pay-off is probably in the Pounds 200,000 bracket, TSW's greatest tribute is not trying to replace him.
But, he said investigators for the Ohio fair found that a white spot on Hank's belly had been dyed black, which is also against the rules.
In trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange yesterday, the price of the pork belly contract for February delivery jumped its daily permissible limit of two cents a pound to settle at 36.92 cents a pound.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Pork belly and hog futures prices rallied as pork product prices steadied and the number of animals going to slaughter fell.
Near-term pork belly futures fell sharply on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, partly reflecting slack demand for bacon.
The event was inspired by Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," about a frog that couldn't jump because its belly had been filled with lead shot.
Frozen pork belly futures soared the permitted daily limit of 2 cents a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as low cash belly prices and tight stocks of frozen bellies encouraged buying in the commercial sector.
Frozen pork belly futures soared the permitted daily limit of 2 cents a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as low cash belly prices and tight stocks of frozen bellies encouraged buying in the commercial sector.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Pork belly and hog futures are expected to open lower today in the wake of a bearish hog and pig report, released by the Agriculture Department after trading's close yesterday.
He was hooked when he ended up belly dancing at a Moroccan restaurant at the first Single Gourmet dinner he attended a year and a half ago.
Livestock futures were higher in early trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange but frozen pork belly futures were mixed.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Concern that consumers will balk at the meat counter if high wholesale prices are passed on to them helped sink cattle, hog and pork belly prices.
Pork belly futures prices plunged Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade as concern over lagging export sales prompted traders to bail out of the weak market.
The pork belly contract for July delivery declined the daily limit of 2 cents a pound, settling at 55.9 cents a pound.