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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bel·dame /ˈbɛldəm/
 老太婆;惡婆

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bel·dam Bel·dame n.
 1. Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
    To show the beldam daughters of her daughter.   --Shak.
 2. An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.
 Syn: -- hag, beldam, witch, crone.
    Around the beldam all erect they hang.   --Akenside.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 beldame
      n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, witch,
            crone]
      2: a woman of advanced age [syn: beldam]