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BESYNES, _s._ Business.
_Wyntown._
BESYNE, BYSENE, BYSIM, _s._ Expl. ”wh.o.r.e, bawd,” Gl. Sibb.
V. ~Bisym~.
BESCHACHT, _part. pa._
1. Not straight, distorted, Ang.
2. Torn, tattered; often including the idea of dirtiness, Perths. The latter seems to be an oblique use.
V. ~Shacht~.
_To_ BESLE, or BEZLE, _v. n._ To talk much at random, to talk inconsiderately and boldly on a subject that one is ignorant of, Ang.
Belg. _beuzel-en_, to trifle, to fable; Teut. _beusel-en_, nugari.
BESLE, BEZLE, _s._ Idle talking, Ang.
Belg. _beusel_, id.
BESMOTTRIT, _part. pa._ Bespattered, fouled.
_Douglas._
A. S. _besmyt-an_, maculare, inquinare; Belg. _besmodder-en_, Germ.
_schmader-n_, _schmatter-n_, to stain, S. to _smadd_, Su. G. _smitt-a_.
BESOUTH, _prep._ To the southward of.
V. ~Benorth~.
BEST, _part. pa._ Struck, beaten.
V. ~Baist~.
_Barbour._
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