Defn: Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. [Obs.] Shak.
BESTREAK
Be*streak", v. t.
Defn: To streak.
BESTREW Be*strew", v. t. [imp. Bestrewed; p. p. Bestrewed, Bestrown (p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing.]
Defn: To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [Spelt also bestrow.]
Milton.
BESTRIDE
Be*stride", v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.) Bestrid (; p. p.
Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] Etym:
[AS. bestridan; pref. be- + stridan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs
astride; to stand over
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. Shak.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus. Shak.
2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
BESTRODE
Be*strode",
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Bestride.