besom

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English - Turkish
katırtırnağı
çalı süpürgesi
fırça
(isim) çalı süpürgesi
English - English
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft
To sweep

Now, in her iceberg-white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust-defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay View, a house for paying guests at the top of the town, Mrs Ogmore-Prichard widow, twice, of Mr Ogmore, linolium, retired, and Mr Prichard, failed bookmaker, who maddened by besoming, swabbing and scrubbing, the voice of the vacuum-cleaner and the fume of polish, ironically swallowed disinfectant.

{n} a common tool to sweep with, a broom
{i} broom made of twigs
Besom is the name commonly given to the traditional witch's broom, and is usually made out of broom The besom's main use is as a space cleanser, and is most commonly employed both for symbolic clearing of a sacred space to work in, or symbolically cleansing a new house, etc
A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys
A bundle of twigs attached to a handle used to cleanse and purify sacred space Essentially a witch's broomstick
A Witch's broom
The broom of a Pagan or Witch The besom is used to sweep out evil and negativity, just as a conventional broom is used to sweep out dust and dirt
To sweep, as with a besom
A straw broom used by Witches in certain ceremonies
A witches broom used for sweeping away negative energy
a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle

Related Terms

besom pocket
A flapless pocket trimmed with welting or reinforced stitching
besoms
third-person singular of besom
Turkish - English

Definition of besom in Turkish English dictionary

Related Terms

çalı süpürgesi besom, broom made
from heath
besom

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    be·som

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    Etymology

    [ 'bE-z&m ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English besma, from West Germanic *besmon. Cognates include German besen and Dutch bezem.
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