† bel-accoilbel-accoylen.
Obsolete.
Kindly greeting, welcome.
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c1400 Rom. Rose 2984 Bialacoil forsothe he hight, Sone he was to Curtesie.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F4 Glauce..her salewd with seemely belaccoyle . View more context for this quotation
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