Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belash

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-lash
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] begging him "to belash" her son, as his last master had done […]"
"[…] the men pulling them up with a jerk to alight and chastise some flagrant offender; and finally a babel of dismal howls and angry ascrying^([sic]), as the long rods are shortened to a convenient length and the process of belashing begins."

Etymology

From Middle English bilasshen, bylaschen, bilaisshen, equivalent to be- + lash.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bilasshen

Usage

Inflected Forms

belashes (present, singular) belashing (participle, present) belashed (participle, past) belashed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

belashed

Questions

What does belash mean?: To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to
Where does belash come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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