a brush or broom of twigs for sweeping (Isaiah 14:23)
·vt To sweep, as with a besom. II. Besom ·noun A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
a broom. N. Salop. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose