v. t.
See that the women are bestowed in safety. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Empire is on us bestowed. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. 1 Cor. xiii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of bestowing; disposal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One that bestows. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy. [ 1913 Webster ]
They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at
☞ This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To bestow improperly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of misbestowing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foul thief! where hast thou stowed my daughter? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
In every vessel is stowage for immense treasures. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A place into which rubbish is put.
n. (Mining)
n. (Mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Stour, a. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Stour, n. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]