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That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as,
a lady's belt; a sword belt. |
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That which restrains or confines as a girdle. |
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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. |
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Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly
termed a belt. |
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One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets
Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. |
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A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser
Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. |
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A token or badge of knightly rank. |
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A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing
around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. |
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A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any
circular ridge or series of ridges. |
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To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to
surround. |
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To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. |
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