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Amphispiza BelliSage Sage, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush.
Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (S.
pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
are added to the milk.
Sage cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
of garden sage.
Sage grouse (Zo["o]l.), a very large American grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush
plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the
plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female
sage hen.
Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zo["o]l.), a species of hare
(Lepus Nuttalli, or artemisia) which inhabits the arid
regions of Western North America and lives among
sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
Sage hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
Sage sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza
Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains
of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
Sage thrasher (Zo["o]l.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes
montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
North America.
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis)
forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
leaves. Bellibone
Bellibone Bel"li*bone, n. [F. belle et bonne, beautiful and
good.]
A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.
[Obs.] --Spenser.
BellicBellic Bel"lic, Bellical Bel"li*cal, a. [L. bellicus. See
Bellicose.]
Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] ``Bellic
C[ae]sar.' --Feltham. BellicalBellic Bel"lic, Bellical Bel"li*cal, a. [L. bellicus. See
Bellicose.]
Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] ``Bellic
C[ae]sar.' --Feltham. BellicoseBellicose Bel"li*cose`, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of
war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.]
Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.
Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving. Bellicosely
Bellicosely Bel"li*cose`ly, adv.
In a bellicose manner.
Bellicous
Bellicous Bel"li*cous, a.
Bellicose. [Obs.]
Bellied
Bellied Bel"lied, a.
Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition;
as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
BelliedBelly 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. Belligerence
Belligerence Bel*lig"er*ence, Belligerency Bel*lig"er*en*cy,
n.
The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war;
warfare.
Belligerency
Belligerence Bel*lig"er*ence, Belligerency Bel*lig"er*en*cy,
n.
The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war;
warfare.
Belligerent
Belligerent Bel*lig"er*ent, n.
A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person
engaged in warfare.
Belligerently
Belligerently Bel*lig"er*ent*ly, adv.
In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
BellingBell Bell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Belling.]
To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube. BellingBelling Bell"ing, n. [From Bell to bellow.]
A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. --Johnson. Bellipotent
Bellipotent Bel*lip"o*tent, a. [L. bellipotens; bellum war +
potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.]
Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] --Blount.
Bellis perennisMarguerite Mar"gue*rite, n. [F., a pearl, a daisy. See
Margarite.] (Bot.)
The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also
to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. --Longfellow. Big-bellied
Big-bellied Big"-bel`lied, a.
Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon;
advanced in pregnancy.
Borassus flabelliformisJaggery Jag"ger*y, n. [Hind j[=a]gr[=i]. Cf. Sugar.]
Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the
fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically
that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). [Written
also jagghery.] Borassus flabelliformisPalmyra Pal*my"ra, n. (Bot.)
A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a
straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is
found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian
Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than
eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by
native writers. Its wood is largely used for building
purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for
making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. Broken-bellied
Broken-bellied Bro"ken-bel`lied, a.
Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
CampbelliteCampbellite Camp"bell*ite, n. [From Alexander Campbell, of
Virginia.] (Eccl.)
A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples
of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as
a nickname. See Christian, 3. CampbellitesChristian Chris"tian, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS.
cristen. See Christ.]
1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe,
in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him;
especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed
to the doctrines of Christ.
The disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch. --Acts xi. 26.
2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents,
and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an
opposing system.
3. (Eccl.)
(a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human
creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names.
They are congregational in church government, and
baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples
of Christ, and Campbellites.
(b) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of
open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only
authoritative rule of faith and practice.
Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members
of the sects, kr[=i]s"chan. Casus belliCasus Ca"sus, n. [L.]
An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of
circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under
Accident.
Casus belli, an event or combination of events which is a
cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war.
Casus fortuitus, an accident against which due prudence
could not have provided. See Act of God, under Act.
Casus omissus, a case not provided for by the statute. Cobelligerent
Cobelligerent Co`bel*lig"er*ent, a.
Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
Cobelligerent
Cobelligerent Co`bel*lig"er*ent, n.
A nation or state that carries on war in connection with
another.
Corbelling
Corbeling Cor"bel*ing, Corbelling Cor"bel*ling, n.
Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of
corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of
decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the
Moslems.
EmbellishEmbellish Em*bel"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p.
pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F.
embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See
Beauty.]
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to
adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with
shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or
style with metaphors.
Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish;
enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.
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Belli, also
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Tritoniella belli is a
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