belly out

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belly out

verb bellies out · bellying out · bellied out

intransitive To bulge or billow outward. […] the Shape of the Hive is recommended to be like an Egg, with one End cut off, as People order it when they are about to eat it, it may consist of twelve Straw-Wreaths or Rowls, according to the Bigness of it; the three first Rowls of one Magnitude, and about a Foot or somewhat more in Diameter,
transitive To cause to bulge or billow outward. 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Happiness” (written in 1791), lines 30-31, The scene is changed and Fortune’s gale Shall belly out each prosperous sail.

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@misc{belly_out_2026,
  title = {belly out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belly%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}