[f. BESOM sb.1 Cf. to brush.]
† 1. intr. To sweep with force or violence. Obs.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 3662. The … wynde owte of the weste rysses, Brethly bessomes with byrre in berynes sailles.
2. trans. To sweep. Often with away, out, etc.
1791. Cowper, Odyss., XXII. 526. They cleansed The thrones and tables, while Telemachus Beesom’d the floor.
1842. Mrs. Browning, Grk. Chr. Poets, 13. Besom away the thick dust which lies upon their heavy folios.
1866. Kingsley, Herew., xix. 244. He would besom you all out.
