Ben, Bein, or Bhein

[Gael.] This word has been adopted in English to indicate the most elevated summits of the mountain ranges which traverse Scotland to the north of the Friths of Clyde and Forth, of which the most important are Ben-Nevis, Ben-Macdhui, Ben-Lawers, and Ben-Cruachan. It is e entially the same word as the Welsh Pen, the primary signification of which is "head," and hence it may be considered as equivalent to "mountain summit" or "mountain head." The term Pennine, applied to a division of the Alps, is doubtle derived from the Celtic Pen or Ben. Ben, (OIL OF.) ( Chem .) A whitish-yellow, thickish oil, obtained in Egypt, Ceylon. ., from the seeds of the Hyper anther a moringa. It is chiefly used by perfumers, as it po e es the property of seldom turning rancid. Benai'ah, son of Jehoiada, and commander of David's body-guards. anything that ties, binds, or bends (a bow.)] To stretch: to strain, or crook by straining, as a bow. "And fills the white and rustling sail, .... Fig . 338. BENARES. The Hindoo Sanskrit College is the chief seat of native learning in India. This city is believed by the Hindoos to form no part of the terrestrial globe, but to rest upon the point of Siva's trident; hence, they say, no earthquake ever affects it. In 1017, it was taken by Sultan Mahmoud, and from 1190 followed the fortunes of the Delhi Moguls. Since 1775, it has belonged to the British.