bescatter, v.
(bɪˈskætə(r))
[f. be- 1 + scatter.]
trans. a. To besprinkle, strew with. b. To sprinkle, scatter about.
| 1640 Fuller Joseph's Coat, David's Rep. (1867) 219 It with moans bescattered the skies. 1659 ― App. Inj. Innoc. (1840) 327 The Animadvertor hath bescattered his [comment] every where with verses. 1855 Singleton Virgil III. 500 The nimble hoof bescatters dews of blood. |
Hence bescattered ppl. a.
| 1574 Hellowes Gueuara's Ep. (1577) 192 Although I goe bescattered and wandering in this Courte. 1883 Stevenson Silverado Sq. 120 The battlemented pine-bescattered ridges. |