† beˈsoigne Obs.
Also 5 boesyngne, besoynye, 6 besone.
[a. OF. besoigne business, mod. besogne = Pr. besonha, It. bisogna, fem. forms found alongside of the masc. besoin, besonh, bisogno; see Diez, Littré.]
Business, affair, ado.
| 1474 Caxton Chesse iv. ii, Thynges that aperteyne to the counceyl & to the besoyngne of the royame. 1653 A. Wilson Jas. I, 142 Fitted for those little besoignes of Accounts, and Reckonings. |