v. [f. BE- 1 + SCATTER.] trans. a. To besprinkle, strew with. b. To sprinkle, scatter about.
1640. Fuller, Joseph’s Coat, David’s Rep. (1867), 219. It with moans bescattered the skies. Ibid. (1659), App. Inj. Innoc. (1840), 327. The Animadvertor hath bescattered his [comment] every where with verses.
1855. Singleton, Virgil, III. 500. The nimble hoof bescatters dews of blood.
Hence Bescattered ppl. a.
1574. Hellowes, Gueuara’s Ep. (1577), 192. Although I goe bescattered and wandering in this Courte.
1883. Stevenson, Silverado Sq., 120. The battlemented pine-bescattered ridges.
