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Definition of Bestick
1. v. t. To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.
Definition of Bestick
1. Verb. (transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To pierce in various places; pierce through and through. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bestick
1. to cover all over [v BESTUCK or BESTICKED, BESTICKING, BESTICKS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestick
Literary usage of Bestick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary: Etymologically Explained, with Copious by Jacob Ludwig Döhne (1857)
"To fasten grass by means of sticks; to bestick, ... ie : to bestick the house.
(Tbis word explains the way or mode after which the natives fasten the thatch ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (bes'-te-al-ize) va To make like a beast. BESTIALLY, (bes'-te-al-le) ad.
Brutally. To BESTIR, (be-ste/) ». a. To put into vigorous action. To bestick ..."
3. The Works of William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"Turned all to tears, and Phoebus clouds his rays: That corpse, that coffin now
bestick those bays, Which crowned him Poet first, then Poets' King. ..."
4. Lexicon to the English Poetical Works of John Milton by Laura Emma Lockwood (1907)
"754 ; ix. 165. (b) like that of a beast, beast- like : PL и. 873. (c). brutish in
form and spirit : PL i. 435. bestick, vb. ..."
5. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1922)
""Among the first Emerald Islanders in Newark before 1825." were Adams, bestick,
Bruen, Brush, Callary, Campbell, Corr, Crockett. ..."
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