bestious, best yous

[L. Lat. best i us.] Monstrous. "Then came fro the Yrishe see, A best yous fyshe." Hardyng: Chron., ch. xxvi. bě-stir, * bě stirre', * be-stere', * be- sturre, v.t. [Eng. prefix be , and stir .] I. Of things : 1. Lit .: To stir or agitate anything material. "I watched it as it sank: methought Some motion from the current caught Bestirr'd it more. Byron: The Giaour. 2. Fig .: To stir anything not material. "Kent. No marvel, you have so bestirred your valour, you cowardly rascal!"- Shakesp . Lear , ii. 2. II. Of persons (generally with a reflexive pronoun): To bestir one's self, i.e., to stir one's self up to activity with regard to anything. "Lord! how he gan for to be stirre him tho." Spenser: The Fate of the But terf lie. "It was indeed nece ary that he should bestir himBelf."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xvii. bě-stir'red, pa. par. [BESTIR.] bě-stir-ring, pr. par. [BESTIR.]