BPage 161
- English Word Benjamin Definition A kind of upper coat for men.
- English Word Benjamite Definition A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.
- English Word Benne Definition The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
- English Word Bennet Definition The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.
- English Word Benshee Definition See Banshee.
- English Word Bent Definition of Bend
- English Word Bent Definition imp. & p. p. of Bend.
- English Word Bent Definition Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
- English Word Bent Definition Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
- English Word Bent Definition The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
- English Word Bent Definition A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- English Word Bent Definition A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
- English Word Bent Definition Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- English Word Bent Definition A transverse frame of a framed structure.
- English Word Bent Definition Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- English Word Bent Definition A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
- English Word Bent Definition A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
- English Word Bent Definition Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
- English Word Bent grass Definition Same as Bent, a kind of grass.
- English Word Benthal Definition Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.