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be⋅som

[bee-zuhm]
–noun
1. a broom, esp. one of brush or twigs.
2. broom (def. 2).

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME besem, OE bes(e)ma; c. D bezem, G Besen
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be·som   (bē'zəm)   
n.  
  1. A bundle of twigs attached to a handle and used as a broom.

  2. Sports The broom used to sweep the ice from the path of a curling stone.


[Middle English, from Old English besma.]
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Besom

the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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