Obs. [f. prec. sb.] intr. To feast luxuriously.

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1549.  Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Eph., Prol. (R.). Riotous bankettyng, potte-companyoning, and belychearynge.

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1648.  Milton, Tenure Kings, 41. A pack of Clergie men … to belly cheare in their presumptuous Sion, or to promote designes.

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