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  • 111bell-bottomed — adj Flared at the end (pants). In those days all sailors wore bell bottomed trousers. 1890s …

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  • 112bell sheep — /ˈbɛl ʃip/ (say bel sheep) noun the last sheep shorn by any shearer before meal or tea intervals or at the end of the day: *The sheep caught at the call of time was a bell sheep . –c.e.w. bean, 1910 …

  • 113bell-bottomed — /ˈbɛl bɒtəmd/ (say bel botuhmd) adjective widening into a bell shape at the lower end …

  • 114bell gable — noun an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote • Hypernyms: ↑gable, ↑gable end, ↑gable wall * * * noun : a piece of walling pierced with openings that are usually arched and arranged for the hanging of large bells and are often upward… …

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  • 115bell curve — noun Mathematics a graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, with a large rounded peak tapering away at each end …

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  • 116bell center punch — noun : a center or prick punch mounted on the axis of a hollow cone that when placed over the end of round stock and struck marks the center of the stock …

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  • 117The Liberty Bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 118To bear away the bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 119To bear the bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 120To curse by bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …

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