Part 1051

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Salubrity; wholesome quality.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Benignly</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Be*nign"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a benign manner.</def>

<h1>Benim</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Be*nim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>beniman</ets>. See <er>Benumb</er>, and cf. <er>Nim</er>.]</ety> <def>To take away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Ire . . . <b>benimeth</b> the man fro God. <i> Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Benison</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"i*son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>beneysun</ets>, <ets>benesoun</ets>, OF. <ets>bene\'8b<?/un</ets>, <ets>bene\'8bson</ets>, fr. L. <ets>benedictio</ets>, fr. <ets>benedicere</ets> to bless; <ets>bene</ets> (adv. of <ets>bonus</ets> good) + <ets>dicere</ets> to say. See <er>Bounty</er>, and <er>Diction</er>, and cf. <er>Benediction</er>.]</ety> <def>Blessing; beatitude; benediction.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>More precious than the <b>benison</b> of friends. <i>Talfourd.</i></blockquote>

<h1>B\'82nitier</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>B\'82*ni"tier`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>b\'82nir</ets> to bless.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A holy-water stoup.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Benjamin</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"ja*min</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from <ets>benzoin</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Benzoin</er>.</def>

<h1>Benjamin</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"ja*min</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of upper coat for men.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Benjamite</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"ja*mite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.</def>

<i>Judg. iii. 15.</i>

<h1>Benne</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>bijen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of two plants (<spn>Sesamum orientale</spn> and <spn>S. indicum</spn>), originally Asiatic; -- also called <i>oil plant</i>. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called <i>benne oil</i>, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.</def>

<h1>Bennet</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>beno\'8cte</ets>, fr. L. <ets>benedicta</ets>, fem. of <ets>benedictus</ets>, p. p., blessed. See <er>Benedict</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (<spn>Geum urbanum</spn>); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.</def>

<h1>Benshee</h1> <Xpage=137>

<hw>Ben"shee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Banshee</er>.</def>

<h1>Bent</h1> <Xpage=137>