beal

See also: Beal and béal

English

Etymology

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle, bȳle (boil, carbuncle, bile), from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (swelling), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (to swell, be strong or numerous). Cognate with German Beule (boil). More at boil.

Pronunciation

Noun

beal (plural beals)

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

Verb

beal (third-person singular simple present beals, present participle bealing, simple past and past participle bealed)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.

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Northern Sami

Preposition

beal

  1. (with a number) half before (the hour)

Old French

Adjective

beal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular beale)

  1. Alternative form of biau
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