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Belgic   Listen
adjective
Belgic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean. "How unlike their Belgic sires of old."
2.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.





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"Belgic" Quotes from Famous Books



... remained. It was a handsome well-built city, with two thousand houses of the better class, besides more humble tenements. Its citizens were celebrated for their courage and belligerent skill, both on foot and on horseback. They were said to retain more of the antique Belgic ferocity which Caesar had celebrated than that which had descended to most of their kinsmen. The place was, moreover, the seat of many prosperous manufactures. Its clothiers sent the products of their looms over all Christendom, and ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... time when Europe had no such masses of happy people, joyous in their toil, Courtrai, Tournay, Ypres, Ghent, and Bruges told what the blue flower of the flax had done for the country. More than gold, gems, or the wealth of forest or mine, was the gift of Spin Head to Snow White, for the making of Belgic Land. ...
— Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks • William Elliot Griffis


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