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Webster 1913 Edition


Bellow

Bel′low

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bellowed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bellowing
.]
[OE.
belwen
,
belowen
, AS.
bylgean
, fr.
bellan
; akin to G.
bellen
, and perh. to L.
flere
to weep, OSlav.
bleja
to bleat, Lith.
balsas
voice. Cf.
Bell
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
,
Bawl
,
Bull
.]
1.
To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
2.
To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
Dryden.
3.
To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
The
bellowing
voice of boiling seas.
Dryden.

Bel′low

,
Verb.
T.
To emit with a loud voice; to shout; – used with out.
“Would bellow out a laugh.”
Dryden.

Bel′low

,
Noun.
A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bellow

BEL'LOW

,
Verb.
I.
[L.balo.]
1.
To make a hollow, loud noise, as a bull; to make a loud outcry; to roar. In contempt, to vociferate or clamor.
2.
To roar, as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.

BEL'LOW

,
Noun.
A loud outcry; roar.