Beset

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·Impf & ·p.p. of Beset.

II. Beset ·vt To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.

III. Beset ·vt To Occupy; to Employ; to use up.

IV. Beset ·vt To set upon on all sides; to Perplex; to Harass;

— said of dangers, obstacles, ·etc.

V. Beset ·vt To hem in; to Waylay; to Surround; to Besiege; to Blockade.

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    Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....

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