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[daneswalk]

last one 12 across (5) letters bealinbirse up radgie help please

[JMR27]

irate

[daneswalk]

thank you jmr27 i still dont see the conection i always thought bealin meant a poisoned hand

[JMR27]

http://www.urbandicti...fine.php?term=Bealing

[quinie]

Thanks for that info,JMR27.Like daneswalk I'd never heard bealing or beiling meaning irate-usually for an abscess, ulcer etc. Useful site.

[factor-fiction]

Is the clue really " bealinbirse up radgie "?

[ladyalex]

I haven't seen it written before and would have spelled it beelin'
I have, however, heard of it both as 'infected' and 'furious'
I thought it was a Scots version of 'boiling' as in boiling mad.

[quinie]

clue was-Bealing, birse up,radgie

[quinie]

actually, in my dictionary radge and radgie have different meanings!! I think Keith may have boobed!

[ladyalex]

Dictionary of the Scots Language gives them as both the same.

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/

[quinie]

Hi ladyalex, Keith hasn't boobed after all. My dictionary gave radge and radgie as two separate entries, but I see it can be spelt either way. Don't think I'd use that word though!!Long time since I've heard "birse up"