'Besom' definitions:
Definition of 'besom'
From: WordNet
noun
A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
Definition of 'Besom'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. --Isa. xiv. 23. [1913 Webster]
- The housemaid with her besom. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Besom'
From: GCIDE
- Besom \Be"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besomed.] To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. --Barlow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Besom'
From: Easton
- Besom the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.