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has gloss | eng: Besom brooms are traditionally constructed brooms made of a bundle of twigs tied to a stouter pole. They are still made today and sold at garden centers as an outdoor broom. They are the broom traditionally associated with witches. As a result of its construction around a central pole, the brush of the besom is rounded instead of flat. The bristles can be made of many materials including, but not limited to straw, herbs, or twigs. Traditionally the handle is of hazel wood and the head is of birch twigs. Modern construction uses bindings of wire and string (instead of the traditional split withy) and the head is secured by a steel nail instead of a wooden dowel. |
lexicalization | eng: besom broom |
instance of | (noun) searching out and harassing dissenters witch-hunt |
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German | |
has gloss | deu: Der Hexenbesen ist im Volksglauben das bevorzugte Transportmittel der Hexen, die auf ihm durch die Luft reiten. |
lexicalization | deu: Hexenbesen |
French | |
has gloss | fra: Un balai magique est, dans le folklore européen, un balai doté de propriétés magiques, dont souvent celle de voler. |
lexicalization | fra: balai magique |
Low German | |
lexicalization | nds: Riesbessem |
Norwegian Nynorsk | |
has gloss | nno: Sopelime, soplime eller berre lime er ein feiekost laga av eit knippe kvistar festa til eit treskaft. |
lexicalization | nno: sopelime |
Norwegian | |
has gloss | nor: Sopelime var en feiekost laget av et treskaft og et knippe bjørkeris som var bundet til ene enden av skaftet med de tynne endene nederst. Den ble laget på gårdene og reparert etter behov. Surringen var fra gammelt med vidjeknute, men ståltråd overtok raskt da den ble tilgjengelig. |
lexicalization | nor: Sopelime |
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media:img | Besom broom.jpg |
media:img | Champion des dames Vaudoises.JPG |
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