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▪ I. † ˈbedlamer1 Obs.
[f. bedlam + -er1.]
A lunatic; spec. a Bedlam-beggar.
c1675W. Blundell Crosby Rec. 137 A gentleman who passed as a Bedlamer. a1733North Lives I. 287 This country was then much troubled with Bedlamers.
▪ II. bedlamer2|ˈbɛdləmə(r)|
[? ad. F. bête de la mer sea-beast.]
A seal-hunters' name for a hooded seal of one year old and a harp-seal of two years old.
1773G. Cartwright Jrnl. 15 Nov. (1792) I. 284 He saw a shoal of bedlamers before his door one day last week. 1895Outing (U.S.) XXVII. 22/1 The harp seals..post a sentinel, usually a bedlamer or two-year-old harp, on one of the highest pinnacles of the floe. Ibid. 23/2 The ‘Sculp’..of the harp and bedlamer will average one hundred and fifty pounds. |