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Webster 1913 Edition

Belch

Belch

(bĕlch; 224)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Belched
(bĕlch)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Belching
.]
[OE.
belken
, AS.
bealcan
, akin to E.
bellow
. See
Bellow
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
I
belched
a hurricane of wind.
Swift.
2.
To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
Within the gates that now
Stood open wide,
belching
outrageous flame.
Milton.

Belch

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
2.
To issue with spasmodic force or noise.
Dryden.

Belch

,
Noun.
1.
The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.
2.
Malt liquor; – vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
[Obs.]
Dennis.

Webster 1828 Edition

Belch

BELCH

, v.t.[Eng. bulge,bilge, bulk.]
1.
To throw or eject wind from the stomach with violence.
2.
To eject violently from a deep hollow place, as, a volcano belches flames and lava.

BELCH

,
Noun.
The act of throwing out from the stomach, or from a hollow place; eructation.
1.
A cant name for malt liquor.

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