v. t. [ imp. Bestrewed p. p. Bestrewed, Bestrown (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing. ] To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [ Spelt also bestrow. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strew or scatter over. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Strewed p. p. strewn p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing. ] [ OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, streówian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. strā, Sw. strö, Dan. ströe, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Skr. st&unr_;. √166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street. ] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [ were ] strewn about. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

She may strew dangerous conjectures. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of scattering or spreading. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Strew. [ 1913 Webster ]