Defn: A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; — called also graybeard, longbeard.
BELL BEARER
Bell" bear`er. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.
BELLBIRD Bell"bird`, n. Etym: [So called from their notes.] (Zoöl.) (a) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidæ, of several species; the campanero. (b) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.
BELL CRANK
Bell" crank`.
Defn: A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery.
BELLE
Belle, n. Etym: [F. belle, fem. of bel, beau, beautiful, fine. See
Beau.]
Defn: A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.
BELLED
Belled, a.
Defn: Hung with a bell or bells.