v. Obs. or dial. Also 6 belamb, 7 belamme. [f. BE- + LAM v.] trans. To thrash.

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1595.  Witts, Fittes, & F., 146. His father mainly belamb’d him for the fact.

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1611.  Cotgr., Coutonner, to cudgell, thwacke, baste, belamme.

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1653.  Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxxvi. III. 53. I shall bang, belam thee, and claw thee well for thy labour.

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