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witches' besom en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of witch's besom (“broom used by witches”).
What the Witness(es) Will Need […] Ideally, a Witches' besom (broom), but the plain old kitchen variety of broom works, too.
2015 July 8, LaSara FireFox, Sexy Witch, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:She stood up to cast the circle, using Frances' broom with its plastic handle, not much like a witches' besom. 'It's the symbolism of sweeping our sacred space clean that matters,' she said. Each of the four of them knew enough to improvise the calling of the quarters and spirits.
2010 August 19, Chris Maunder, Calling, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 154:
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(countable, uncountable) Witch's broom, a deformity found on a plant.
[…] his eye caught a burl, a crotch'd or twisted trunk a witches' besom high up in a dense birch or pine. He came to the strapping stump of a storm-snapp'd spruce and stood there staring at it musingly, then set to sculpting a slot in its side with his axe.
2017 January 16, Aleksis Kivi, The Brothers Seven: A Tale, Zeta Books, →ISBN, page 238:
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