The Collaborative International Dictionary
bestrow
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.
Usage examples of "bestrow".
So thick bestrown, Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change.
To-morrow, ere fresh morning streak the east With first approach of light, we must be risen, And at our pleasant labour, to reform Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green, Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth: Those blossoms also, and those dropping gums, That lie bestrown, unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease.