Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft. · A troublesome woman. · Any cleansing or purifying agent.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo sweep.
From Middle English besme, beseme, from Old English besma, besema (“besom, broom, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *besmō (“broom”).
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