witches' besom
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She stood up to cast the circle, using Frances' broom with its plastic handle, not much like a witches' besom. 'It's the symbolism of sweeping our sacred space clean that matters,' she said. Each of the four of them knew enough to improvise the calling of the quarters and spirits."
- "What the Witness(es) Will Need […] Ideally, a Witches' besom (broom), but the plain old kitchen variety of broom works, too."
- "[…] his eye caught a burl, a crotch'd or twisted trunk a witches' besom high up in a dense birch or pine. He came to the strapping stump of a storm-snapp'd spruce and stood there staring at it musingly, then set to sculpting a slot in its side with his axe."