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▪ I. bellowing, vbl. n.|ˈbɛləʊɪŋ|
Also 4 bellewing, 5 belewyng.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
a. The roaring of a bull, or similar noise of other animals.
b. Loud and continued vociferation of human beings, especially when inarticulate; noisy outcry.
c. Roaring of cannon, thunder, the sea, etc.
1393Gower Conf. III. 203 It shulde seme..A bellewing in a mannes ere. c1450Lonelich Grail xliii. 172 As thowh it hadde ben a develes belewyng. 1552Huloet, Bellowyng or rorynge of neate, mugitus. 1580North Plutarch 358 (R.) The bellowing of such a multitude of beastly people. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 311 We heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like Buls, or rather Lyons. c1620Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 11 Wee heare no thing but belloweing of the wind. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) I. 56 [They] believe the bellowings of Hecla are nothing else but the cries of the damned. 1852Hawthorne Grandf. Chair ii. iii. (1879) 86 What a bellowing the urchins make!
▪ II. ˈbellowing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That bellows or roars: see the vb.
1618Bolton Florus iii. viii. 195 They raised a bellowing cry, like so many beasts, and fled to shore. 1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 173 Blustering Boreas..is a bellowing wind. c1746Hervey Medit. & Contempl. (1818) 165 Signals of distress are heard from the bellowing deep. 1847Longfellow Ev. i. v, Bellowing herds of buffaloes rush to the river. |