{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belocked ] [ Pref. be- + lock: cf. AS. belūcan. ] To lock, or fasten as with a lock. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; arrow + &unr_; a diviner: cf. F. bélomancie. ] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Belonged p. pr. & vb. n. Belonging. ] [ OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. i. ] [ Usually construed with to. ] 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. [ 1913 Webster ]

A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. “Do not interpretations belong to God ?” Gen. xl. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be suitable for; to be due to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. Heb. v. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

No blame belongs to thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be deserved by. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

More evils belong us than happen to us. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Commonly in the pl. ] 1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. “Thyself and thy belongings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Family; relations; household. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a needle. ] (Min.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To act the lord over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address by the title of “lord”. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beloved ] [ OE. bilufien. See pref. Be-, and Love, v. t. ] To love. [ Obs. ] Wodroephe. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Greatly loved; dear to the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is my beloved Son. Matt. iii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One greatly loved. [ 1913 Webster ]

My beloved is mine, and I am his. Cant. ii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ Pref. be- by + low. ] 1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. “One degree below kings.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who thinks no fact below his regard. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Underneath; under; beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Marmion waits below. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fairest child of Jove below. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In hell, or the regions of the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

What business brought him to the realms below. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below. Wheaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. In some part or page following. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A small decorative object without practical utility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her pictures, her furniture, and her bibelots. M. Crawford. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Bumbeloes [ It. bombola. ] A glass used in subliming camphor. [ Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbalà. ] A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furbelowed p. pr. & vb. n. Furbelowing. ] To put a furbelow on; to ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet. [ Written also libellous. ] -- Li"bel*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated. [ 1913 Webster ]