Beal Definition

noun

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

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verb

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

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Origin of Beal

  • 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.

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