Definition of Beom
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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