bestickv.
/bɪˈstɪk/ Chiefly in past participle bestuck.
1. transitive. To stick about, to cover all over; to bedeck, adorn. Also figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > stud with ornaments
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1623 H. Holland in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A5 That coffin now besticke those bayes, Which crown'd him Poet first.
1698 J. Fryer in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 340 The Rocks..are bestuck with Oyster-Shells.
1838 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) iii. 178 Coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax.
2. To pierce through, transfix.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix
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to strike through1893
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 536 Truth shall retire Bestuck with slandrous darts. View more context for this quotation
1823 C. Lamb Valentine's Day in Elia 128 No emblem is so common as..the bestuck and bleeding heart.
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