belam
English
Etymology
be- + lam
Verb
belam (third-person singular simple present belams, present participle belamming, simple past and past participle belammed)
- (UK, dialect, dated, transitive) To beat or bang.
- 1653, unknown translator, François Rabelais, The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais:
- 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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References
- belam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Amble, Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, amble, blame, melba