† belam, v. Obs. or dial.
Also 6 belamb, 7 belamme.
[f. be- + lam v.]
trans. To thrash.
| 1595 Witts, Fittes, & F. 146 His father mainly belamb'd him for the fact. 1611 Cotgr., Coutonner, to cudgell, thwacke, baste, belamme. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxvi. III. 53, I shall bang, belam thee, and claw thee well for thy labour. |