belly English
Noun
( bellies)
The abdomen.
- (Dunglison)
The stomach, especially a fat one.
The womb.
* Bible, Jer. i. 5
- Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
The lower fuselage of an airplane.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 454:
- There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.
The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part.
- the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, or ship
* Bible, Jonah ii. 2
- Out of the belly of hell cried I.
(architecture) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
Derived terms
* beer belly
* bellyache
* belly button/belly-button
* belly dance/belly-dance
* belly dancer/belly-dancer
* belly dancing
* belly flop, bellyflop
* bellyful
* belly laugh/belly-laugh
* bellyless
* bellylike
* belly of the beast
* Delhi belly
* fire in the belly
* sawbelly
* sharpbelly
Usage notes
* Formerly, all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies: the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head.
See also
* have eyes bigger than one's belly
* abdomen
* bouk
* stomach
* tummy
Verb
To position one's belly.
To swell and become protuberant; to bulge.
* Dryden
- The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
To cause to swell out; to fill.
* Shakespeare
- Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.
Derived terms
* belly up
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tumi Noun
( en noun)
(archaeology) A ceremonial axe used by some Incan and pre-Incan cultures of South America.
* 1979 , Alberto Rex González, Pre-Columbian Metallurgy in Northwest Argentina: Historical Development and Cultural Process'', Elizabeth P. Benson (editor), ''Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America , Conference Proceedings, page 177 ,
- The tumis''''' are characterized by a metal handle, which can be bent at the free end or may have an ornament in the form of a button or a zoomorphic head; they also have a curved, sharp blade edge, forming a semicircle or half-moon.The archaeological associations of the '''''tumis found in Argentina indicate that these objects all had an Inca origin.
* 2002 , Thomas B. F. Cummins, Toasts with the Inca: Andean Abstraction and Colonial Images on Quero Vessels , page 18 ,
- For instance, he makes sure that the reader is aware that the weapons taken by the Inca army, tumis , are ritual weapons used for the ritual hunt and slaughter of llamas.
* 2004 , Richard L. Burger, ?Lucy C. Salazar, Catalogue'', Richard L. Burger, ?Lucy C. Salazar (editors), ''Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas , page 193 ,
- Decorated tumis such as this one may have been used for ceremonial purposes, although their utilization on more mundane occasions should not be ruled out.
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