† belkv.
British regional (Obsolete).
= belch v. in various senses; esp. to boil, to heave like a boiling fluid, to throb.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)]
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jumble1568
swash1583
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belk1648
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. cx. 21 My Guilt is hot, And belks, and boils.
1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo lxi. 225 The sting of some hainous sin, which lies belking within us.
Derivatives
belking n. and adj. (applied to the gout).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > throbbing
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > throbbing
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1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 407 Girds of the Colicke, or belking paines of the Gout.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 169 Of Thy belking goutes, of thy scalding feavers, of thy galling ulcers.
1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 290 What aches of the bones, what belking of the joynts..?
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