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verbbelam (third-person singular simple present belams, present participle belamming, simple past and past participle belammed)
present singular third person belams · participle present belamming · participle past belammed · past belammed
- UKdateddialectaltransitiveTo beat or bang.
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
1653, François Rabelais, “Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes”, in W. Heath Robinson, transl., The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, page 83
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