What does bestung mean?
Bestung means (archaic) Having been stung..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Having been stung..
No sooner was she out of hearing, And not expos'd to take alarm, Than from my restless couch I sprung, As if by swarming wasps bestung.
After all, however, it was lucky for us that it was so, for the skin over the whole of our bodies was so bestung that we no longer felt the biting of lice or bugs, although it was impossible to get used to the stinging of those other insects.
We raced madly for about half a mile, behaving in as wild a manner as the poor bestung animals.
...in homicidal feud, By slight punctilio urged, a jealous smart Against his friend be to deal a blow bestung,—
From the day of his landing mosquitoes and black flies marked the Spectator for their own, and before his week at Tijuca was over he was so bestung that his best friend might have been forgiven for passing him upon the street.
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Bestung means (archaic) Having been stung..
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No sooner was she out of hearing, And not expos'd to take alarm, Than from my restless couch I sprung, As if by swarming wasps bestung.
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