beal

Meanings

Noun

A small inflammatory tumor; pustule.

Verb

To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.

Origin

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle ("boil, carbuncle, bile"), from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ ("swelling"), from *būlǭ. More at boil.

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