2. Verb. (third-person singular of belay) ¹
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Definition of Belays
1. belay [v] - See also: belay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belays
Literary usage of Belays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"belays of plants for successive seasons are grown in cool pits, and in these
plunged in a gentle fermenting material. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"... Basque Women after the Bath, Village Street (1870) ; belays of Horses for ...
The Little Bridge at Samois, belays of Tow-Horses (1876) ; Carrières à ..."
3. The Ship's Company and Other Sea People by James Douglas Jerrold Kelley (1897)
"... Or burning near the line; But Jack with smiles each danger meets, Casts anchor,
heaves the log, Trims all the sails, belays the sheets. ..."
4. Gunnery Catechism by John D. Brandt (1864)
"12 provides and hooks tackle of breech purchase, belays and lowers. Q.—After
these preparations are all made, how do the gun numbers divide themselves ? A.. ..."
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