gorrel-bellied

English

Adjective

gorrel-bellied (comparative more gorrel-bellied, superlative most gorrel-bellied)

(obsolete) Alternative form of gorbellied
- 1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “Old Tom of Bedlam: Mad Song the First”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume II, London: Printed for J[ames] Dodsley […], OCLC 519493226, lines 37–40, page 345:
  Mercurye the nimble poſt of heaven, / Stood ſtill to ſee the quarrell; / Gorrel-bellyed Bacchus, gyant-like, / Beſtryd a ſtrong-beere barrell.

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