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Webster 1913 Edition

Beldame

{

Bel′dam

Bel′dame

}

,

Noun.

[Pref.

bel-

, denoting relationship +

dame

mother: cf. F.

belledame

fair lady, It.

belladonna

. See

, and

.]

1.

Grandmother; – corresponding to belsire.

To show the

beldam

daughters of her daughter.

Shakespeare

2.

An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.

Syn. – hag, beldam, witch, crone.

Around the

beldam

all erect they hang.

Akenside.