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bailch, belch, belgh, bilch, bilchy,
belch [bɛlx]
n. A stout person. A person or animal of unusual size or proportions.
 

See bilf also.
Belfast, Bilfaust, Bilfawst,
Belfast [ˈbɛlfast]
pn. Belfast (Northern Ireland).
belief, misbelief,
belief [bəˈlif]
n. Belief.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
misbelief: Unbelief.
beleeve, believe, belyve, misbelieve, onbelievin, unbelievin,
believe [bəˈliːv]
v. To believe.
pt. pp. believed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
misbelieve: To disbelieve, doubt.
unbelievin: Unbelieving.
belive, belyve,
belive [bɪˈlaɪv]
adv. Speedily, quickly, at once, soon. In order, next.
belkie, belky, gruellie_belkie, gruelly-belkie,
belkie [I.Ork. bɛlki]
n. The belly.
v. To drink in great quantities, like an animal.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gruelly-belkie [I.Ork. -bɛlki]: A fat person, a big porridge pot.
bell, bell$d, bell$t, belled, bellin, bells, bellt, bell-tow, bell-towe, belt, bluebell, blue-bell, harebell, harebell,
bell [bɛl]
n. A bell, a bubble, a drop of sweat, the highest part of the slope of a hill.
pl. bells
v. To sound a bell. To bubble up.
pt. pp. bellt, belled
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bell-towe: Bell-rope.
bluebell: The harebell Campanula rotundifolia.
bluidy bells: WC. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea.
coubell: The bladder campion Silene latifolia.
deid bell: The passing bell.
deid man's bells: S. SEC. MN. The foxglove Digitalis purpurea.
harebell: The harebell Campanula rotundifolia.
heather bell: The flower of the heathers Erica tetralix and Erica cinerea.
lint in the bell: Flax in the flower.
see in the bells: To see in the New Year at Hogmanay.
witch bell: The harebell Campanula rotundifolia or cornflower Centaurea cyanus.
bella, bellae, bellaes, bellas, bellaw, bellaws, bellie, bellies, bellow, bellows, belly, bellys,
bellae  [ˈbɛlɪ, ′bɪlɪ̢, MN. ′bʌlɪ, ′bʌle]
n. A bellow, roar. yell, howl.
pl. bellaes
v. To bellow, roar, etc.
Bellahouston, Bellyhoostan,
Bellahouston [ˈbɛləhustən]
pn. Bellahouston (Glasgow).
bellicose [ˈbɛlɪkoːz]
adj. Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

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