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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bell, Bel, n.2 [Late ME. belle (1483), Flem. belle (Kilian). Du. bel. of doubtful origin.] A bubble.1513 Doug. vii. vii. 129.
So swellis up the skum and bellis bedene 1587-99 Hume iii. 211.
The bels and circles on the weills Throw lowpping of the trouts
