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Besom

Besom Meaning & Definition
Besom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Besom?

[n] a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle

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Besom In Webster's Dictionary

\Be"som\, n. [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\, v. 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.

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