Obs. exc. dial. [This goes with BELL sb.3, being identical with MDu. bellen to bubble up, as the sb. is with mod.Du. bel bubble.] intr. To bubble.
1598. Florio, Vena di fontana … the belling or rising vp of water out of a spring.
1822. Hogg, Perils of Man, II. 44 (Jam.).
| When the scum turns blue, | |
| And the blood bells through. |
