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.
2.
To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.