BELL
Bell, v. i.
Defn: To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.
BELL
Bell, v. t. Etym: [AS. bellan. See Bellow.]
Defn: To utter by bellowing. [Obs.]
BELL
Bell, v. i.
Defn: To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a
bellowing sound; to roar.
As loud as belleth wind in hell. Chaucer.
The wild buck bells from ferny brake. Sir W. Scott.
BELLADONNA Bel`la*don"na, n. Etym: [It., literally fine lady; bella beautiful + donna lady.] (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade. (b) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.
BELL ANIMALCULE
Bell" an`i*mal"cule. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds.
BELLARMINE
Bel"lar*mine, n.