bellycheer

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bellycheer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bellycheer \Bel"ly*cheer`\, n. [Perh. from F. belle ch[`e]re.]
     Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] "Bellycheer and banquets."
     --Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer." --Milton.
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  Bellycheer \Bel"ly*cheer`\, v. i.
     To revel; to feast. [Obs.]
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           A pack of clergymen [assembled] by themselves to
           bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion.   --Milton.
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