"belam" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "be- + lam",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "belams",
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    {
      "form": "belamming",
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    {
      "form": "belammed",
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    {
      "form": "belammed",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1653, François Rabelais, “Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes”, in W. Heath Robinson, transl., The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, page 83",
          "text": "he unjoynted the spondyles or knuckles of the neck , disfigured their chaps , gashed their faces , made their cheeks hang flapping on their chin , and so swinged and belammed them , that they fell down before him",
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        "To beat or bang."
      ],
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          "beat",
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          "bang",
          "bang"
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        "(UK, dialect, dated, transitive) To beat or bang."
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  "word": "belam"
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  "etymology_text": "be- + lam",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "belams",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belamming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belammed",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belammed",
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        "past"
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        }
      ],
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        "To beat or bang."
      ],
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        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ],
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          "bang",
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        "(UK, dialect, dated, transitive) To beat or bang."
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