Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ben"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[=a]n, name of the tree.]
(Bot.)
The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben.
See {Moringa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan
within, in in.]
Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner
apartment. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ben \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.]
The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
-- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ben \Ben\
An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ben
n : (in Scotland or Ireland) a mountain or tall hill; "they were
climbing the ben"
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