- 1. n. A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To sweep, as with a besom. Source: opted
- 3. n. a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow. Source: webster
- 5. A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweepsaway 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: adambom
- 6. n. a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle Source: ecdict
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