2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt. Three men with belted brands. Sir W. Scott. Belted cattle, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; — called also blanketed cattle.
BELTEIN; BELTIN
Bel"tein, Bel"tin, n.
Defn: See Beltane.
BELTING
Belt"ing, n.
Defn: The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
BELUGA Be*lu"ga, n. Etym: [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Note: The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
BELUTE
Be*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Beluting.]
Etym: [Pref. be- + L. lutum mud.]