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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Besom

· Be·som · IPA /ˈbiː.zəm/
01 n. A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 v. t. To sweep, as with a besom.
imp. & p. p. Besomed
  1. 1.
    To sweep, as with a besom.[Archaic or Poetic]
    “Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain.” — Barlow.