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Definition of Bestrews
1. bestrew [v] - See also: bestrew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestrews
Literary usage of Bestrews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1897)
"He then bestrews him (Agni, the fire-altar and Agni's body) with chips of gold.
... And, again, as to why he bestrews him with chips of gold. ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... when he works Or hail or ruinous deluge on the earth, Or snow-storm, and the
snow bestrews the plains, Or when he opes the jaws of ravening war ; So, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"In the first case he opens her dress, bestrews her breast with salt and touches
it with his teeth, repeating thrice “Ii di, ..."
4. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1914)
"... and it is exempt from the temptations with which the power of disposing of
public funds or public utilities bestrews the path of ordinary legislators; ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"... Of wither'd leaves bestrews the weeded paths, Or from the branches of the
willow whirl, With rustling sound, upon the turbid stream. ..."
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