English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bell
(v. t.)
To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
Bell
(v. i.)
To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell;
to blossom; as, hops bell.
Bell
(v. t.)
To utter by bellowing.
Bell
(v. i.)
To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a
bellowing sound; to roar.
An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in
fresh-water ponds.
A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum),
remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.
A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a
right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in
bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of
rooms, etc., and also in machinery.
A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and
closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top
for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with
the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from
articles exposed to view.
A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three
parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells.
A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It
is the red pepper of the gardens.
Bell-faced
(a.)
Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.
Bell-mouthed
(a.)
Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.
Bell-shaped
(a.)
Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
Belladonna
(n.)
A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna
lily.
Belladonna
(n.)
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with
reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant
and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as
powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the
alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
Bellbird
(n.)
A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and
family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero.
Bellbird
(n.)
The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.
Belle
(n.)
A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome
lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.
Belle-lettrist
(n.)
One versed in belles-lettres.
Belled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bell