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belashes

belashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of belash.

Meaning of belash

Verb

belash (third-person singular simple present belashes, present participle belashing, simple past and past participle belashed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to
    • 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.1869, William M. Cooper, Flagellation and the Flagellants, page 386

Questions about belashes

What is belashes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Belashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of belash.

Words near belashes in the dictionary

  1. Belarussians
  2. Belasco
  3. Belascos
  4. belash
  5. belashed
  6. belashes
  7. belashing
  8. belast
  9. belatacept
  10. belate
  11. belated

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