Besieging to Bestride
Besieging
(Be*sie"ging) a. That besieges; laying siege to. — Be*sie"ging*ly, adv.
Besit
(Be*sit") v. t. [Pref. be- + sit.] To suit; to fit; to become. [Obs.]
Beslabber
(Be*slab"ber) v. t. To beslobber.
Beslave
(Be*slave") v. t. To enslave. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Beslaver
(Be*slav"er) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beslavered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beslavering.] To defile with
slaver; to beslobber.
Beslime
(Be*slime") v. t. To daub with slime; to soil. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Beslobber
(Be*slob"ber) v. t. To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as,
to beslobber with praise.
Beslubber
(Be*slub"ber) v. t. To beslobber.
Besmear
(Be*smear") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmeared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmearing.] To smear with
any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.
Besmeared with precious balm.
Spenser.
Besmearer
(Be*smear"er) n. One that besmears.
Besmirch
(Be*smirch") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmirched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmirching.] To smirch or
soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. Shak.
Besmoke
(Be*smoke") v. t.
1. To foul with smoke.
2. To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson.
Besmut
(Be*smut") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmutting.] [Pref. be- + smut: cf.
AS. besmitan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
Besnow
(Be*snow") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besnowed ] [OE. bisnewen, AS. besniwan; pref. be- + sniwan
to snow.]
1. To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. [R.] Gower.
2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.
Besnuff
(Be*snuff") v. t. To befoul with snuff. Young.
Besogne
(Be*sogne") n. [F. bisogne.] A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [Obs.]
Besom
(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.
