different between colic vs bellywark

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ??????? (k?likós, “suffering in the colon”, adj).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?l?k
• IPA^(key): /?k?l.?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

colic (countable and uncountable, plural colics)

1. (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
2. A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Derived terms

• colicky

Translations

Adjective

colic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the colon; colonic.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• belly-wark, bellywaak, belly-waak (East Yorkshire), bellywahk, belly-wahk (East Yorkshire), bellywarch, belly-warch, bally-warche (Cheshire, Staffordshire), bellywartch, bally-wartch, belly-wartch (Lancashire), bellywerch, belly-werch (Lancashire), bellywork, belly-work (Cumbria, Lincolnshire)

Etymology

From belly +? wark (“pain”).

Noun

bellywark (countable and uncountable, plural bellywarks)

1. (Midlands and Northern England) A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bellywark.
2. (Yorkshire, games) A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[2], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 238