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besnow, v.|bɪsˈnəʊ|
Forms: 1 besniwan, 4 bi-, by-, besnywe(n, -snewe(n, 6– besnow.
[OE. besníwian, f. be- 1 + sníwan to snow.]
trans. To snow on; to cover or whiten with, or as with, snow; also fig. Hence beˈsnowed ppl. a.
a1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker Voc. 175 Ninguidus, besniwod. 1340Ayenb. 81 Non vayr body ne is bote..ase a donghel besnewed. 1393Gower Conf. III. 51 He was with yiftes all besnewed. 1597Drayton Mortimer. 26 The battered Caskes..Besnow the soyle with drifts of scattered plumes. 1633True Trojans i. iii, Foam besnows the trampled corn. 1849Lytton Caxtons ii. ix. xxxix, A fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside. |