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Webster 1913 Edition


Bestick

Be-stick′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bestuck
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Besticking
.]
To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.
Truth shall retire
Bestuck
with slanderous darts.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bestick

BESTICK'

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. bestuck. [be and stick.]
To stick over, as with sharp points; to mark, by infixing points or spots here and there.
Truth shall retire, bestuck with slanderous darts.

Definition 2024


bestick

bestick

English

Verb

bestick (third-person singular simple present besticks, present participle besticking, simple past and past participle bestuck)

  1. (transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over.
  2. (transitive) To pierce in various places; pierce through and through.

Related terms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃtɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

bestick

  1. Imperative singular of besticken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of besticken.

Swedish

Noun

bestick n

  1. (usually collectively) cutlery

Declension

Inflection of bestick 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bestick besticket bestick besticken
Genitive besticks bestickets besticks bestickens