Part 1040

<blockquote><b>Bemuffled</b> with the externals of religion. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bemuse</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*muse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.</def>

<blockquote>A parson much <b>bemused</b> in beer. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ben, Ben nut</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw><hw>Ben</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ben" nut`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Ar. <ets>b\'ben</ets>, name of the tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The seed of one or more species of moringa; <as>as, oil of <ex>ben</ex></as>. See <er>Moringa</er>.</def>

<h1>Ben</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben</hw>, <tt>adv. & prep.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>binnan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> by + <ets>innan</ets> within, <ets>in</ets> in.]</ety> <def>Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Ben</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ben</er>, <ets>adv</ets>.]</ety> <def>The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to <i>but</i>, the outer apartment.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Ben</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben</hw>. <def>An old form of the <tt>pl. indic. pr.</tt> of <er>Be</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bename</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*name"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Benamed</er>, <er>Benempt</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To promise; to name.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bench</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bench</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Benches</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>bench</ets>, <ets>benk</ets>, AS. <ets>benc</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>b\'84nk</ets>, Dan <ets>b\'91nk</ets>, Icel. <ets>bekkr</ets>, OS., D., & G. <ets>bank</ets>. Cf. <er>Bank</er>, <er>Beach</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.</def>

<blockquote>Mossy <b>benches</b> supplied the place of chairs. <i> Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A long table at which mechanics and other work; <as>as, a carpenter's <ex>bench</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The seat where judges sit in court.</def>

<blockquote>To pluck down justice from your awful <b>bench</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The persons who sit as judges; the court; <as>as, the opinion of the full <ex>bench</ex></as>. See <er>King's Bench</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.</def>

<cs><col>Bench mark</col> <fld>(Leveling)</fld>, <cd>one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed.</cd> -- <col>Bench of bishops</col>, <cd>the whole body of English prelates assembled in council.</cd> -- <col>Bench plane</col>, <cd>any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes.</cd> -- <col>Bench show</col>, <cd>an exhibition of dogs.</cd> -- <col>Bench table</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bench</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Bench</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Benched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Benching</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with benches.</def>

<blockquote>'T was <b>benched</b> with turf. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Stately theaters <b>benched</b> crescentwise. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>