Meaning of bespew | Babel Free

Definitions

To stain with spew; vomit on; foul with sick.

archaic, transitive

Examples

“In that a Snayl or Dodman, vvhich is not only not vvarm, but to our feeling, very cold, is fain to brood its as cold svveatty eggs, neſted upon a cold vvet earth, beſpievving them about vvith the fuzze of a cold clammy froth, in coldish [d]raughty vveather, and all making vvay to a kind and timely hatching of them: […] I dare undertake⟳ to light⟳ ſooner of that vvarmth and reek and air, that vvill hatch an hens egge, than that cold and devv and clammineſs, that goes to the hatching of a ſnails.”

“[...] he does nothing but lye snoring all Night long by my Side, and sometimes bespues the Bed too, to say⟳ nothing more.”

“Time was when we used to bespew the whole floor of the hut three or four times a day, but now we can do it but rarely even once a day.”

“Well should we weep⟳ that force⟳ of arm again bespews unholy blood across the plain […]”

“It was another one of those nights for the Jenkinses: getting drunk, fighting viciously, making up, making love⟳, and, inevitably, bespewing each other before it was all over.”

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