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bellied, ppl. a.|ˈbɛlɪd|
Forms: 5 balyd, 6 belied, 6–7 bellyed, 7 belly'd, belli'd, 6– bellied.
[f. belly v. or n. + -ed.]
1. Having a belly. Often in comb., e.g. big-bellied or great-bellied, having a big belly, corpulent; hence, pregnant. See also gor-, pot-, shadbellied.
c1475Hunt. Hare 187 Sym, that was balyd lyke a cow. c1520Andrewe Noble Lyfe in Babees Bk. (1868) 237 Scilla..is belied like a beste, & tayled lyke a dolphin. 1567Triall Treas. (1850) 14 The great bellied loute. 1650J. Gregory Learned Traits 98 When the great belli'd woman's time is com. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 126 The Colt..Sharp headed, Barrel belly'd, broadly back'd. 1803Bristed Pedest. Tour II. 687 The big-bellied hostess.
b. Big-bellied, corpulent; fig. inflated.
1532Frith Mirror (1829) 272 Bellied monks, canons, and priests. a1564Becon Fl. Godly Pr. in Prayers, etc, (1844) 39 The dreams of the bellied hypocrites. a1813A. Wilson Insult. Pedlar Poet. Wks. (1846) 199 A bellied gent. steps owre the run.
2. transf. Made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out.
a1593H. Smith Serm. (1622) 207 It becomes them well..to wear bellied doublets. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 70 The neather part of the bit a little bellied or square. 1678Lond. Gaz. No. 7332/4 A bellied porringer. 1747Franklin Wks. (1840) 192 A vinegar-cruet, or some such bellied bottle. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion iii. vi. 130, I see a glorious barque With bellied canvass. |