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A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells. Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.

As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth." Totten.

To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.

One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.

To busy; to employ. [Obs.]

ut in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.

A vessel employed in blockading.

s, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same nam…

The employment of selling books.

of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]

Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.

Christmas, a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to postmen, errand boys, employees, etc. The night of this day is boxing night. [Eng.]

To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

onsciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. Shak.