Obs. or dial. [f. BEAL sb.1] intr. To suppurate, to ‘gather.’ Still in regular use in Scotland.
1611. Cotgr., Bouēr, to beale, to matter.
1717. Wodrow Corr. (1843), II. 244. The remarkable instance of the adulterer, to whom Mr. Peebles said, ‘This shall beal out of your breast!’
Mod. Sc. Take care the sore does not beal.
