† beˈshed, v. Obs.
Also bisched.
[ME. f. be- 2 + shed v.]
trans.
1. To perfuse, drench, moisten, wet (with).
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Kings xviii. 28 To the tyme that thei weren alle beshed with blood. 1388 ― Isa. lv. 10 As reyn and snow..fillith the erthe, and bischedith it. ― Esther xv. 8. |
2. To shed (blood).
| 1474 Caxton Chesse iii. iii. (1860) 7 Or he had do beshedde [? be shedde] ony blood he wepte. |