Be stowage

Stowage. (R.) Bestowal, (be- stoal ,) n. Act of bestowing; disposing. Bestow'er, n. One who bestows; a giver; a disposer. Bestowʼment, n. Act of bestowing; bestowal. -Donation; that which is bestowed. Bestrad'dle, v . a . [ be and straddle .] To bestride. Bestraught, (be- strawt ',) a. Distracted; mad; out of one's senses. "What! I am not bestraught." -Shaks. Bestrew, (be-stro',) v. a. ( imp . BESTREWED; pp. BESTREWED, BESTROWN.) To strew or strow; to scatter over; to besprinkle. "So thick bestrewn, Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood." - Milton. Bestride', v. a. ( imp . BESTRID OF BESTRODE; pp. BESTRID, BESTRIDDEN.) To stride or step over; to place a leg on each side of something; to ride upon. "The bounding steed you pompously bestride , Shares with his lord the pleasure and the pride." - Pope . -To step over; as, to bestride the threshold of a house. "Than when I first my wedded mistre saw Bestride my threshold." - Shaks. Bestrode', imp . of BESTRIDE, q. v. Bestrown', imp . of BESTREW, q. v. Bestuck', imp . of BESTICK, q. v.