Obs. Also 5 boesyngne, besoynye, 6 besone. [a. OF. besoigne business, mod. besogne = Pr. besonha, It. bisogna, fem. forms found alongside of the masc. besoin, besonh, bisogno; see Diez, Littré.] Business, affair, ado.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, IV. ii. Thynges that aperteyne to the counceyl & to the besoyngne of the royame.
1653. A. Wilson, Jas. I., 142. Fitted for those little besoignes of Accounts, and Reckonings.
