Obs. exc. dial. [This goes with BELL sb.3, being identical with MDu. bellen to bubble up, as the sb. is with mod.Du. bel bubble.] intr. To bubble.

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1598.  Florio, Vena di fontana … the belling or rising vp of water out of a spring.

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1822.  Hogg, Perils Man, II. 44 (Jam.). The blood bells through.

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