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bellyings

bellyings is the plural of bellying.

Meaning of bellying

Noun

bellying (plural bellyings)

  1. A bulging, swelling or billowing shape; the act or state of bulging, swelling or billowing.
    • But the Principal Ornament of the Pagodes, is to be accompanied, as generally they are, with several Pyramids of Lime and Brick […] Some there are which diminish and grow thick again four or five times in their heighth, so that the Profile of them goes waving: But these Bellyings out are smaller as...1693, Simon de la Loubère, A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, translated by A.P., London: Tho. Horne, Part II, Chapter II. Of the Houses of the Siamese, and of their Architecture in...

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Questions about bellyings

What is bellyings the plural of?
Bellyings is the plural of bellying.

Words near bellyings in the dictionary

  1. bellyholds
  2. bellying
  3. bellying out
  4. bellying up
  5. bellying up to the bar
  6. bellyings
  7. bellyland
  8. bellylaugh
  9. bellylaughed
  10. bellylaughing
  11. bellylaughs

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