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Definition of Bellbind

1. a type of bindweed [n -S] - See also: bindweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellbind

Literary usage of Bellbind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"CONVOLVULUS SEPIUM L. Hedge Bindweed. Rutland Beauty. bellbind. Hedge Lily. Grows in thickets and woodlands. AC Herb. ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"*Bind, bellbind. Bindweed. (Convolvulus) [MCHB]. Bing. A bin for corn, flour, wine, &c. The proper word. *Binne. By-and-by [?]. Bird of the Eye. ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia: Founded on that of Forby : with by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"*Bind, bellbind. Bindweed. (Convolvulus) [MCHB]. Bing. A bin for corn, flour, wine, &c. The proper word. *Binne. By-and-by [?]. Bird of the Eye. ..."

4. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1901)
"... by See Saw, out of Miss Bell, by Stockwell, continued from Vol. XVIII, p. 570. *1896 ch. f.bellbind, by Saraband - Mr HE Bedding- ton 1899 ch. f. ..."

5. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1897)
"bellbind, by ditto 1897 by Sir Hugo SAUCY LASS, Bred by HEU MAJESTY, in 1885, got by Hampton, ber dam, Apple Sanee, by Camerino, out of Pineapple, ..."

6. Stray Leaves from a Border Garden by Mary Pamela (Ellis) Milne-Home (1901)
"The white bellbind is looking for support; soon the holly hedge in the Rose-garden will be the prey of the graceful parasite. I never have the heart to wage ..."

7. Extracts from the Style Book of the Government Printing Office by Geological Survey (U.S., United States Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, George McLane Wood, Geological Survey (U.S.), United States (1915)
"... sight, bel-esprit. bellbind, bottle, -faced, flower, hanger, hanging, -tongue, topper, ware, wether, wort, belle-mere, belles-lettres. bellyache, band, ..."

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