Besom
Pronunciation : Be"som
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Be"som
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow.
t. [imp. & p. p. Besomed.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913