Besay vs Belay - What's the difference?
besay | belay |
To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare.
*1925 , Albert Payson Terhune, Najib :
*2003 , Philip Auslander, Performance: Media and technology :
*2005 , Lara Elf Princess Prendville, Screams BeNeath Pandora :
(obsolete) To surround; environ; inclose.
(obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
(obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
To make (a rope) fast by turning it round a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
To lay aside; stop; cancel.
(nautical)
(nautical) To make a line fast by turns around a cleat, pin, or bitt.
(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure his/or her partner.
As verbs the difference between besay and belay
is that besay is to say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare while belay is (obsolete) to surround; environ; inclose.As a noun belay is
(climbing) the securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.besay
English
Verb
- "Laughter," reproved Najib, cut to the soul by his chief's ridicule, "laughter is for hyenas — and for women! as I have besaid of often.
- The 'besaid' are articulate with words and with silence.
- "How did this Elf child come to be here, Luna?", Methusem besaid . "I granted their ship permission to berth in the bay," Luna projected this with apology.
belay
English
Verb
- jacket belayed with silver lace
- He would need an experienced partner to belay him on the difficult climbs.
- I could only hope the remaining piton would belay his fall.
- Belay that order!
