beal
English
Etymology
From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from *būlǭ (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːl
Noun
beal (plural beals)
Verb
beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)
- (dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Western Pennsylvania) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
Anagrams
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Etymology
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Preposition
beal
- (with a number) half before (the hour)
Old French
Adjective
beal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular beale)
- Alternative form of biau
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