belam

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English

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ lam.

Verb

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belam (third-person singular simple present belams, present participle belamming, simple past and past participle belammed)

  1. (UK, dialect, dated, transitive) To beat or bang.
    • 1653, François Rabelais, “Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes”, in W. Heath Robinson, transl., The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais[1], page 83:
      he unjoynted the spondyles or knuckles of the neck , disfigured their chaps , gashed their faces , made their cheeks hang flapping on their chin , and so swinged and belammed them , that they fell down before him

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