benettle means to nettle:; To whip or sting with nettles. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Etymology
From be- + nettle.
verb
- To nettle:; To whip or sting with nettles.“As they retraced their benettled footsteps, Mr Truscott's silent rage was such as to obscure even […]”
- To nettle:; To vex or provoke.“Where men of ordinary skill, May have the fortune, if they will, To keep in circumstances middling By nothing in the world but piddling ; Hence, with their fancies thus benettled, The future course of life is settled :”