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Two weeks after the Health Department delivered it’s verdict, customers were bellying up to the restaurant’s polished wooden counters and booths as usual on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2017

The boat belonged to a Dutch brig that was putting out to sea, and when old Isaac got aboard, the anchor was already at the cat head and the sails were bellying in the wind.

From The Pilots of Pomona by Leighton, Robert

The smaller canvas on the foremast and great spread on the mainmast were bellying to the piping gale.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

Up to the bar men were bellying, and the bartenders in white jackets were mixing drinks with masterly dexterity.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

On the surface of the sea a few white sails were bellying in the breeze.

From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules