also 6–7 belking. [f. BELCH v. + -ING1.] The action of voiding wind from the stomach through the mouth; eructation; also, the utterance of foul or violent language; the eruptive action of volcanoes.
1528. Paynell, Salerne Regim., B iij. Sower belchynges.
1576. Newton, Lemnie’s Complex., 233. Subject to belking and sowre vomiting.
1655. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm., xviii. 231/2. Rather the belching of a Devil, than the voice of a saint.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., V. 316/1. Simple eructation or belching.
