benote

t. [Eng. prefix be, and note.] To make notes upon, to annotate. "They should be be noted a little."-Boswell's Johnson, 11. 152. běn'-sell, běn'-seil, běnt-sail, s . [Apparently from Eng. bent - sail = a sail bent and driven forward by the force of the wind.] 1. Force, violence of whatever kind. "All the sey vpstouris with an qubidder, Ouerweltit with the bensell of the aris.' Doug.: Virgil , 268, 35. 2. A severe stroke; properly that which one receives from a push or shove. 3. A severe rebuke. ( Shirreff : Glo ary .) běn'-shaw, bean-shaw, s . [BONSCHAWI.] ( Scotch .)