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• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

BELT (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, the Old Ger. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form being See also:

• BALE
• BALE, JOHN (1495-1563)

bale, from which the See also:

• LAT

Lat. balteus probably derived)  , a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat strap of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather or other material used as a See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle (q.v.), especially the cinctura glad ii or See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword-See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief " ornamentof See also:

• INVESTITURE (Late Lat. investitura)

investiture " of an See also:

• EARL

earl or See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight; in machinery, a flexible strap passing See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round from one See also:

• DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum, See also:

• PULLEY

pulley or See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel to another, for the purpose of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power-transmission(q.v.) . The word is applied to any broad stripe, to the belts of the See also:

• PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

planet See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter, to the See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour-belt at the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• LINE

line of a warship, or to a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; narrow in proportion to its length, with See also:

• SPECIAL

special distinguishing characteristics, such as the See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake-belt across a See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent .