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Webster 1913 Edition
Besom
Be′som
,Noun.
[OE.
besme
, besum
, AS. besma
; akin to D. bezem
, OHG pesamo
, G. besen
; of uncertain origin.] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
[Archaic or Fig.]
I will sweep it with the
besom
of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23.
The housemaid with her
besom
. W. Irving.
Be′som
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Besomed
.] To sweep, as with a besom.
[Archaic or Poetic]
Cowper.
Rolls back all Greece, and
besoms
wide the plain. Barlow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Besom
BE'SOM
,Noun.
I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. Is.14.
BE'SOM
,Verb.
T.
Rolls back all Greece,and besoms wide the plain.