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beal

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/biːl/

Definition of beal

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
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noun

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

verb

  1. (Pennsylvania, Scotland, Western, dialectal)To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
  2. (UK, dialectal)To bellow, roar, or shout.

name

  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
    “Dr. Weber and her colleagues are the latest custodians of the Beal seed viability experiment: a multicentury attempt to figure out how long seeds can lie dormant in the soil without losing their ability to germinate.”
  2. A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0642).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5325).
  4. An unincorporated community in Vincennes Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

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Etymology

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-West Germanic *būlijā, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from *būlǭ (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.

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