belchern.1
One who belches.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] > action of belching > person
belcher1598
yexer1611
eructator1767
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Rottatore, a belcher, a spuer, a rasper.
1699 Coles's Dict. Eng.-Lat. (ed. 4) Belcher, ructator.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
belchern.2
/ˈbɛlʃə/ A neckerchief with blue ground, and large white spots having a dark blue spot or eye in the centre; sometimes applied to any particoloured handkerchief worn round the neck.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neckerchief > types of
rail1482
whisk1654
neck stock1681
stocka1684
steenkirk1694
neckatee1706
bird's eye?1775
belcher1805
yellow man1812
starcher1818
choker1848
1805 Sporting Mag. 27 126/1 Their opponents were decked in the yellow stripe [handkerchief], which has acquired the appellation of the Belcher.
1809 Monthly Pantheon XIV. 546/1 If there be any of them who will spar with each other, let them wear the appropriate Belcher handkerchief.
1812 Examiner 21 Sept. 607/1 The traverser..tied a Belcher handkerchief round his neck.
1826 T. H. Lister Granby (ed. 2) II. xviii. 272 Instead of the Belcher, he has a loose black handkerchief round his neck.
1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia II. ii. ii. 137 The lower part of which [a face] was enveloped in an immense belcher.
1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 1. 31 The fragments of a parti-coloured belcher handkerchief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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