bescrape

verb

bescrape

verb

Etymology From be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape.

1

Obsolete To scrape all over; scrape excessively.

I had rather hear A pedlar's kit bescrape a dancing dog.1789, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly review - Volume 81 - Page 218:

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