bent2 (bent)

[Also dial. bennet; AS. * beonet (found only in comp., in local IMG:content-1946.png:[graphic] = = = names, as in Beonetleáh, > E. Bentley ) OS. * binet (not authenticated) LG. behnd (Brem. Wörterb.) OHG. binuz, binez, MHG. binz, G. binse, a bent, rush; origin unknown.] 1. Any stiff or wiry gra , such as grows on commons or neglected ground. The name is given to many spedira, etc. in America it is applied exclusively to Agrostis cies, as Agrostis vulgar is, Agropyrum species of vulgar is and A. can in a. Also bent -gra . 2. The culm or stalk of bent; a stalk of coarse withered gra ; a dead stem of gra which has borne seed. His spear a bent both stiff and strong. Drayton, Nymphidia. 3. A place covered with gra ; a field; uninclosed pasture-land; a heath. Vche beste to the bent that that bytes on erbez. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 532. Black bent, Alopecurus agrestis. - Dog or brown bent, Agrostis can in a. - Marsh, creeping, fine, or white bent, Agrostis vulgar is. - Reed bent, Ammophila arun dinacea. Wire bent, Nardus strict a. To take the Shak ., T. N., ii. 4. IMG:content-1947.png:[blocks in formation] and other ordinary ordinary purposes. It is the wood of benumbedne ne (bē-numd'nes), n. [ benumbed , Lagerstræmia micro carp a . bent-gra bent-gra (bent (bent'grás), gras), n. Same as bent2 , 1. benthal (ben'thal), 'thal), a. [ βένθος , the depths of the sea, + -al . ] Of or pertaining to depths of the sea of a you sand fathoms and more. See extract. In his presidential addre to the biological section of the British A ociation at Plymouth in 1877, Mr. Gwyn pp. of benumb, + -ne .] The state of being benumbed; absence of sensation or feeling. benumbment (be-num'ment), n. [ bindweed.] Ragwort. [Scotland and North. bequeath