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▪ I. belching, vbl. n.|ˈbɛltʃɪŋ, bɛlʃ-| Also 6–7 belking. [f. belch v. + -ing1.] The action of voiding wind from the stomach through the mouth; eructation; also, the utterance of foul or violent language; the eruptive action of volcanoes.
1528Paynell Salerne Regim. B iij, Sower belchynges. 1576Newton Lemnies' Complex. 233 Subject to belking and sowre vomiting. 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. xviii. 231/2 Rather the belching of a Devil, than the voice of a saint. 1859Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. V. 316/1 Simple eructation or belching. ▪ II. ˈbelching, ppl. a. Also 6 belking, bealking. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That belches, eructates, etc. (Cf. the various meanings of the vb.)
1581J. Studley Seneca's Hippolitus 71 The belking Seas yell out. 1585Lloyd Treas. Health I v, A weake bealkyng stomake. 1601R. Yarington Two Traj. iv. vi. in Bullen O. Pl. IV, That belching voice, that harsh night-raven sound. a1700Dryden (J.) His crest..On which with belching flames Chimæra burn'd. 1833H. Martineau Tale of Tyne iii. 45 To face the belching cannon. |