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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Bel \Bel\, n.
      The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as
      Baal. See Baal. --Baruch vi. 41.
      [1913 Webster]
   
                   
                 

2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [Hind., fr. Skr. bilva.]
      A thorny rutaceous tree ([AE]gle marmelos) of India, and
      its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also Bengal
    quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used
      medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
                   
                 

3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [from Alexander Graham Bell.]
      a unit of sound intensity equal to ten decibels.
      [PJC]