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Definition of Bedewing
1. bedew [v] - See also: bedew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedewing
Literary usage of Bedewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1854)
"In a recent number of the Revue Horticole, a French publication, M. Delaire protests
strongly against bedewing hothouse plants, &c. overhead in the morning, ..."
2. The Theory and Practice of Horticulture: Or, An Attempt to Explain the Chief by John Lindley (1855)
"Dew is not deposited in the morning or at noon ; therefore bedewing at noon or
... bedewing, then, should be effected in the evening, and in such abundance ..."
3. Christian Baptism: An Examination of the Rev. Mr. Fowler's Lectures on the by Asa Bronson (1835)
"He says possibly, but not probably it may mean copiously bedewing, &c. But we
want to know not what this word may possibly but not probably mean—but what it ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Containing an Historical Account of the by James Wood (1813)
"By a double sign of bedewing a fleece of wool, ... and again bedewing the ground,
while the fleece was dry ; the Lord condescended to confirm his doubtful ..."
5. The Church Hymnary: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship (1900)
"2 Here we sit, in wonder, viewing Mercy poured in streams of blood ; Precious
drops, our souls bedewing, Make and plead our peace with God. ..."
6. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1862)
"growth, but by constant sponging or frequently bedewing, the plants may be very
... My own best success has been in regularly bedewing them every night and ..."
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