besom

n. குச்சுத்துடைப்பம், விளக்குமாறு, துப்புரவாக்கும் பொருள். (வினை) துடைப்பத்தால் பெருக்கு.

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Be"som, n. Etym: [OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.] Defn: 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.] Defn: To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow.

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