Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set with or as with studs; adorn with bosses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
set with or as withstuds ;adorn withbosses .
Etymologies
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Examples
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These brilliant constellations began to bestud the sky, and the Southern Cross shone out.
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And thus did the Ephesians play the 'March of the Goddess Hecate,' and the sound of the queenly tread of the Infernal Goddess seemed to follow the ranks of her devotees, ranks of priests and priestesses dressed in black raiment bestud with stars of gold, a crescent moon on every brow.
Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short
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Now came banners waving in the air, and standards of silver and gold bestud with precious stones.
Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short
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Like the stars of heaven, they beset and bestud the oracles of truth, and will forever shine and glitter through all the ages of the nations until every tribe of man shall be bedecked with the gems of truth, and every lip and tongue shall glow with his praise.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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These when polished by human culture shall bedeck the crown and bestud the heavens of a triumphant and unified civilization.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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Seas shift their beds, rivers change their channels, continents grow old with the weight of years and hoary crowns bestud the islands, while ocean currents grind their rocky feet to dust and scatter their flinty ribs in the secret chambers of the deep.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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These brilliant constellations began to bestud the sky, and the Southern Cross shone out.
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I have but one holiday, which is Christmas-day itself nakedly: no pretty garnish and fringes of St. John's day, Holy Innocents &c., that used to bestud it all around in the calendar.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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In Milton's MS. it is 'bestud the centre with their star-light,' _centre_ being the 'centre of the earth.'
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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