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besom

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be·som  (bzm)
n.
1. A bundle of twigs attached to a handle and used as a broom.
2. Sports The broom used to sweep the ice from the path of a curling stone.

[Middle English, from Old English besma.]

besom1
n
1. a broom, esp one made of a bundle of twigs tied to a handle
2. (Team Sports / Curling) Curling a broom or brush used to sweep the ice in front of the stone to make it slide farther
vb (tr)
to sweep with a besom
[Old English besma; related to Old High German besmo broom]

besom2
n
Scot and northern English dialect a derogatory term for a woman
[perhaps from Old English bysen example; related to Old Norse bysn wonder]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.besombesom - a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
broom - a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
Translations
besom [ˈbiːzəm] Nescoba f
besom
n
(Reisig)besen m
(pej inf: = woman) → Besen m (pej inf)
besom [ˈbiːzəm] nramazza
besom [ˈbiːzəm] nramazza


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If ever my scorn hath scattered mouldered words to the winds, and if I have come like a besom to cross-spiders, and as a cleansing wind to old charnel- houses:
My father turned up his sleeves and clutched the besom.
A scrawny buttermilk-faced young besom, allus askin' questions an' pokin' tha' nose where it wasna, wanted.
 
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