2. To beat soundly; to cudgel.
[1913 Webster]
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Belabored — Belabor Be*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belaboring}.] 1. To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn. Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To beat soundly; to cudgel. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Vice — Vice, n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. [1913 Webster] Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Mark the vice … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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