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bewallow en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English biwalwien, from Old English bewealwian (“to wallow, wallow around”), equivalent to be- + wallow.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To wallow around or about; wallow all over.
   • We saw paths and narrow beds, trampled and bewallowed, in the mud of the marshes now and then, which were made by the alligators; then, after long stretches of cane-brake and of marsh and willows, we came upon the beauty of Gum Swamp. 1886, Harper's magazine:

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