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To act the lord over.

To love. [Obs.] Wodroephe.

Greatly loved; dear to the heart. Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar. Shak. This is my beloved Son. Matt. iii. 17.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.

To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. [Obs.] Camden.

A grandfather, or ancestor. "His great belsire Brute." [Obs.] Drayton.

A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] Dryden.

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.

day of May (Old Style). The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict.

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.

See Beltane.

The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

To bespatter, as with mud. [R.] Sterne.

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.

To make mad. [Obs.] Fuller.

To mangle; to tear asunder. [R.] Beaumont.

To mask; to conceal.