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A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous]

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.

A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also spelt beretta, biretta, etc.]

A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

repared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. -- Blue ribbon. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These [scholarships] were the blue ribbon of the college."…

A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. And pbonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott.

Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.

A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole.

The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. Ex. iv. 6.

A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.

A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.

and or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.

A pin worn of the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.