Part 1069

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To harden or dry in smoke.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Besmut</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*smut"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Besmutted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Besmutting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>smut</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>besm\'c6tan</ets>, and also OE. <ets>besmotren</ets>.]</ety> <def>To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.</def>

<h1>Besnow</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*snow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Besnowed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bisnewen</ets>, AS. <ets>besn\'c6wan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>sn\'c6wan</ets> to snow.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.</def>

<h1>Besnuff</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*snuff"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To befoul with snuff.</def>

<i>Young.</i>

<h1>Besogne</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*sogne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bisogne</ets>.]</ety> <def>A worthless fellow; a bezonian.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Besom</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be"som</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>besme</ets>, <ets>besum</ets>, AS. <ets>besma</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bezem</ets>, OHG <ets>pesamo</ets>, G. <ets>besen</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Fig.]</mark>

<blockquote>I will sweep it with the <b>besom</b> of destruction. <i>Isa. xiv. 23.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The housemaid with her <b>besom</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besom</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be"som</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Besomed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To sweep, as with a besom.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Poetic]</mark>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>Rolls back all Greece, and <b>besoms</b> wide the plain. <i>Barlow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besomer</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be"som*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who uses a besom.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Besort</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*sort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Such men as may <b>besort</b> your age. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Besort</h1> <Xpage=139>

<hw>Be*sort"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Befitting associates or attendants.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>