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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92352" /> == | |||
== | <p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[Anything]] that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. [[A]] very broad band is more properly termed a belt. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets [[Jupiter]] and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[A]] narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the [[Lesser]] Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) [[A]] token or badge of knightly rank. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) [[A]] band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) [[A]] band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_92352"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/belt Belt from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:13, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
(2): (n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.
(3): (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
(4): (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
(5): (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
(6): (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
(7): (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
(8): (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
(9): (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
(10): (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
(11): (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
