English Explanatory Dictionary

beal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
verb
  1. To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
verb
  1. To bellow, roar, or shout.
name
  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0642).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5325).
  4. An unincorporated community in Vincennes Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

Pronunciation

/biːl/

Word forms

beal beals bealing bealed Beall

Etymology

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-West Germanic *būlijā, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from *būlǭ (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.

Derived words

Beal's conjecture Beal conjecture
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