Defn: A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [Obs.]
BESOM Be"som, n. Etym: [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.]
Defn: 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.
BESOM
Be"som, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besomed.]
Defn: To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] Cowper.
Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow.
BESOMER
Be"som*er, n.
Defn: One who uses a besom. [Archaic]
BESORT
Be*sort", v. t.
Defn: To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become. [Obs.]
Such men as may besort your age. Shak.
BESORT
Be*sort", n.