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Definition of Benty
1. a. A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields.
Definition of Benty
1. Adjective. Abounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling bent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Benty
1. like wiry grass [adj BENTIER, BENTIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benty
Literary usage of Benty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low, Publishers' Circular, Sampson Low, Son and Marston (1900)
"Oct. 99 Lost Heir, benty (GA) 6s Non. 99 Lost Identity, Hennessey JD) 8s. 6d Oct.
99 Lost in Backwoods, Kenyan (EC) Is Oct. 99 Lost Lady of Old Years, ..."
2. Grave-mounds and Their Contents: A Manual of Archaeology, as Exemplified in by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt (1870)
"Anglo-Saxon Period—Anns—Swords—Knives—Spears—Shields—Urn- bones of
Shields—Buckles—Helmets—benty-Grange Tumulus—Th'e Sacred Boar—Grave at ..."
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