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belash

verb

Etymology

From Middle English bilasshen, bylaschen, bilaisshen, equivalent to be- + lash.

  1. inherited from bilasshen

Definitions

  1. To strike or flog with a lash

    To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to

    • The same mother, Agnes Paston, enters among her errands in London a commission to her son's tutor, Greenfield, to "belash" his charge till he amend, he being then fifteen and having been some time at Cambridge.
    • […] begging him "to belash" her son, as his last master had done […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA