Besom
101besma — m ( n/ n) besom, broom, rod …
102gallus — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary adj Bold, daring, rash, wild, unmanageable, impish, mischievous, cheeky. Example: Yi gallus wee besom, eh ll skelp yir erse! …
103skelp — I Scottish Vernacular Dictionary A gid slap or wallop, usually delivered with an open hand. Example: Yi gallus wee besom, eh ll skelp yir erse! To hit To consume with vigour. II Yorkshire Dialect Beat Blow III Glesga Glossary To Slap, Hit IV… …
104buzzom — North Country (Newcastle) Words a besom or broom …
105brush — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thicket, scrub, shrubbery; broom. v. sweep; graze. See cleanness, roughness, touch, painting, contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A brushing instrument] Common types of brushes include: bristle, fiber …
106cleanness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Freedom from dirt Nouns 1. cleanness, cleanliness, purity, spotlessness; purification, circumcision; purgation, lustration, ablution; cleansing, wash[ing], lavation; laundering, dry cleaning; sanitation …
107Cleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cleanness cleanness cleanliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 purity purity Sgm: N 1 cleaning cleaning &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 purification purification defecation …
108Besen — Sm std. (8. Jh.), mhd. bes(e)m(e), ahd. bes(a)mo, as. besmo Stammwort. Aus wg. * besmōn m. Besen , auch in ae. besma, afr. besma. Instrumentalbildung Feger, Kehrer zu einer Wurzel (ig.) * bhes fegen, reinigen , die in dieser Form nicht faßbar ist …
109jump the broomstick — to live together as a couple without marrying This symbolic leap replaced the wedding ceremony: Besides I ain t married proper. No more than if I jumped a broomstick. (B. Comwell, 1993, writing in archaic style) Whence the broomstick …
110leap the broomstick — obsolete to live together as a couple without marrying A variant of jump the broomstick and also as leap the besom. It applied to couples who were by choice cohabiting without being married, or to those without access to a priest: … …
