benoome

t. [BENIM.] bě-nor'th, prep . [Eng. prefix be by, and north.] To the northward of, as opposed to be south to the southward of. ( Scotch .) "This present act shall begin only, and take effect for those be south the water of Die upon the tenth day of Februar next; and for those be north the same, upon the twenty-first day of Februar next to cum."- Act Seder., 10 Jan, 1650, p. 64.