English English Dictionary
Dictionary
To laud or praise greatly.
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
To lay on or cover; to adorn.
of Belay
of Belay
A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.
Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
To issue with spasmodic force or noise.
The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.
of Belch
One who, or that which, belches.
of Belch
Alt. of Beldame
Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.