v. t.
They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. same as defeated.
n. [ Ar. sebestān the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten. ] (Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia Sebestana. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Tumble, and -ster. ] A female dancer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]