beal
See also: Beal and béal
English
Etymology
From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle, bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, be strong or numerous”). Cognate with German Beule (“boil”). More at boil.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /biːl/
Noun
beal (plural beals)
- (dialectal or obsolete) A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
Verb
beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)
- (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
Anagrams
- -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bael, bale, blea
Northern Sami
Preposition
beal
- (with a number) half before (the hour)
Old French
Adjective
beal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular beale)
- Alternative form of biau