name
Meaning 1
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
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Standard Lemma guide
beal
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/biːl/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /biːl/
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rhymes with -iːl
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CMU ARPABET: B IY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0642).
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name
Meaning 3
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5325).
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in Vincennes Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.
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noun
Meaning 5
A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.
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Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
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Usage: Pennsylvania, Scotland, Western, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 7
To bellow, roar, or shout.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
Etymology
Named after several places in England, from Old English beo (“bee”) + hyll (“hill”).
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.
From Middle English belen, from bele (see above).
From Middle English belien, from Old Norse belja (“to bellow, roar”).