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A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
A token or badge of knightly rank.
A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
The first day of May (Old Style).
A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.
of Belt
Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.
Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
Alt. of Beltin
See Beltane.
of Belt
The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
To bespatter, as with mud.
of Belute
of Belute