Belash
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to archaic, transitive
"The same mother, Agnes Paston, enters among her errands in London a commission to her son's tutor, Greenfield, to "belash" his charge till he amend, he being then fifteen and having been some time at Cambridge."
Example
More examples"The same mother, Agnes Paston, enters among her errands in London a commission to her son's tutor, Greenfield, to "belash" his charge till he amend, he being then fifteen and having been some time at Cambridge."
Etymology
From Middle English bilasshen, bylaschen, bilaisshen, equivalent to be- + lash.
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