verb Belly v. t. (past & past part. bellied; pres. part. bellying) To cause to swell out; to fill. (R.) "Your breath of full consent bellied his sails."
Belly v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge. "The bellying canvas strutted with the gale."
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