Bescrape

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To scrape all over; scrape excessively. obsolete, transitive

    "I had rather hear A pedlar's kit bescrape a dancing dog."

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"I had rather hear A pedlar's kit bescrape a dancing dog."

Etymology

From be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape.

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