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Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..

Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous..

Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves..

Barbate :: Barbate (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

Lime-twigged :: Lime-twigged (a.) Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime..

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Besetting :: Besetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bese.

Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..

Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..

Begone :: Begone (p. p.) Surrounded; furnished; beset; environed (as in woe-begone).

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc..

Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..

Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.

Siege :: Siege (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

Besetting :: Besetting (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin..

Amphicome :: Amphicome (n.) A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination..

Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..

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