- bealcan
- wv/t1b to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit; come forth
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belch — [OE] Belch first appears in recognizable form in the 15th century, but it can scarcely not be related to belk ‘eructate’, which goes back to Old English bealcan and survived dialectally into the modern English period. Belch itself may derive… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
belch — [OE] Belch first appears in recognizable form in the 15th century, but it can scarcely not be related to belk ‘eructate’, which goes back to Old English bealcan and survived dialectally into the modern English period. Belch itself may derive… … Word origins
Belch — (b[e^]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched} (b[e^]lch); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.] 1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. [1913 Webster] I belched a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Belched — Belch Belch (b[e^]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched} (b[e^]lch); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.] 1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Belching — Belch Belch (b[e^]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched} (b[e^]lch); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.] 1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belch — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bealcan Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth 2. to erupt, explode, or detonate violently … New Collegiate Dictionary
boak — I Scottish Vernacular Dictionary To throw up, be sick Example: See Tony Blair, every time I see his coupon, ah wantae boak II Glesga Glossary Vomit III Mid Ulster English to retch, to vomit From Scots bowk , Middle Scots L vocalisation with West… … English dialects glossary
boke — I Mawdesley Glossary to poke. II North Country (Newcastle) Words to belch, ot vomit III Mid Ulster English to retch, to vomit From Scots bowk , Middle Scots L vocalisation with West Central monophthongisation to /o/ betraying the origins of… … English dialects glossary
belch — (v.) O.E. bealcan bring up wind from the stomach, also swell, heave, of echoic origin (Cf. Du. balken to bray, shout ). Extended to volcanoes, cannons, etc. 1570s. Related: Belched; belching. As a noun, recorded from 1510s. It is recorded in 1706 … Etymology dictionary
