BELDAM; BELDAME

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire. To show the beldam daughters of her daughter. Shak.

2.
n.

An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag. Around the beldam all erect they hang. Akenside.


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