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Belgic, a. and n.|ˈbɛldʒɪk|
[f. L. Belgicus, Belgæ, + -ic.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to the Belgæ (see Belgium).
1589A. Fleming tr. Virgil's Georg. iii. 43 And he shall better beare and draw Belgic coches with His gentle soft or tender necke. 1740Stukeley Stonehenge xi. 47 It seems not improbable, that the Wansdike was made, when this Belgic kingdom was at its height. 1743― Abury vii. 28 The great belgic rampart, the Wansdike, licks all the southern horizon. 1835Penny Cycl. IV. 177/2 The whole southern coast from Suffolk to Devonshire was occupied by Belgic tribes. 1947J. & C. Hawkes Prehist. Britain vi. 121 The Belgæ..had overflowed into south-eastern Britain, and had made the lands they had settled provinces of Belgic culture.
b. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands.
1618Barnevelt's Apol. F b, That difficult, bloudy and chargeable Belgicke Warre. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 313 Their Belgic sires of old!
B. n. A Low German.
1608Topsell Serpents 647 Called..of the Belgics ‘Besonder Strael,’ of the Spaniards ‘Zangane.’
Hence ˈBelgicized ppl. a. (esp. of pottery), made Belgic in form, appearance, etc. So ˌBelgiciˈzation.
1941Oxoniensia VI. 87 Belgicized pottery..dating just before or just after the Roman conquest. 1942Ibid. VII. 59 Sherds from a quarry on Akeman Street... The cordoned forms indicate fairly recent Belgicisation, but may prove to be survivals into the post-conquest period. |