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BESOM
besom
(noun) a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
besom (plural besoms)
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
(Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.
Any cleansing or purifying agent.
Verb
besom (third-person singular simple present besoms, present participle besoming, simple past and past participle besomed)
(archaic, poetic) To sweep.
Anagrams
• mebos, mobes
Source: Wiktionary
Be"som, n. Etym: [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.]
Definition: 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.
Be"som, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besomed.]
Definition: To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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