Besom

  • 11besom-head — beˈsom head noun A blockhead • • • Main Entry: ↑besom …

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  • 12besom-rider — beˈsom rider noun A witch • • • Main Entry: ↑besom …

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  • 13besom — noun Etymology: Middle English beseme, from Old English besma; akin to Old High German besmo broom Date: before 12th century broom 2; especially one made of twigs …

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  • 14besom — /bee zeuhm/, n. 1. a broom, esp. one of brush or twigs. 2. broom (def. 2). [bef. 1000; ME besem, OE bes(e)ma; c. D bezem, G Besen] * * * …

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  • 15besom — 1. noun A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft. 2. verb To sweep. Now, in her iceberg white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay… …

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  • 16Besom —    The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 17besom — be·som || biːzÉ™m n. broom made of twigs …

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  • 18besom — [ bi:z(ə)m, bɪz ] noun 1》 a broom made of twigs tied round a stick. 2》 Scottish & N. English derogatory a woman or girl. Origin OE besema, of W. Gmc origin …

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  • 19besom — noun (C) a large brush made of sticks tied together around a long handle …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20besom — be·som …

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