bestud

[bih-stuhd]

verb (used with object), be·stud·ded, be·stud·ding.

to set with or as if with studs; dot: an evening sky bestudded with stars.

Origin of bestud

First recorded in 1595–1605; be- + stud¹

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These brilliant constellations began to bestud the sky, and the Southern Cross shone out.
In Search of the Castaways
Jules Verne