verb
- to suppurate or form pus; to fester
Usage: chiefly dialectal or archaic; Scottish and Northern English
noun
- a blister or pustule; a sore that suppurates
Usage: chiefly dialectal or archaic; Scottish and Northern English
Examples
- The wound began to beal after several days of neglect.
- A beal formed on his heel from the ill-fitting shoe.
- The infection caused the cut to beal and become painful.
- She noticed a beal developing on her finger.
- The boil continued to beal throughout the week.