BESNOW

Etymology

Verb

besnow (third-person singular simple present besnows, present participle besnowing, simple past and past participle besnowed) (transitive)

To snow on; cover with snow, or as if with snow.

To scatter like snow, or as if like snow.

To whiten with snow, or as with snow.

Anagrams

• Bownes, bownes

Source: Wiktionary


Be*snow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besnowed.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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