The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bestrew \Be*strew"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrewed; p. p. Bestrewed,
Bestrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing.]
To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [Spelt also
bestrow.]
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: bestrew)
Usage examples of "bestrewed".
Sometimes, as the road was cut through the pine woods that seemed in the darkness to be closing down upon us, great masses of greyness which here and there bestrewed the trees, produced a peculiarly weird and solemn effect, which carried on the thoughts and grim fancies engendered earlier in the evening, when the falling sunset threw into strange relief the ghost-like clouds which amongst the Carpathians seem to wind ceaselessly through the valleys.
Amuth bestrewed its head with ashes and mourned for a month until Loppos reappeared.
Garlands and wreaths of palm fronds and blossoms tossed from one vessel towards the other bestrewed the surface of the wide river.
Debris from offices, shops and tenements swept by the tides bestrewed the street.