[f. as prec. + -ING2.] Swelling, bulging out.
a. 1700. Dryden, Iliad, I. Wks. (1700), 213. The bellying Canvass strutted with the Gale.
1822. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall (1845), 325. As if the bellying clouds were torn open by the mountain tops.
fig. 1830. Fraser’s Mag., I. 133. His fame, buoyant and bellying as it is.
