ben-teak 527 bequeath 
and other ordinary purposes. It is the wood of benumbedness (be-numd'nes), n. [(benumbed, benzyl (ben'zil), . [< hrnz('iic) + -i/l.] An 
I.HI/I rxtrtriitiii iiiicriii-iir/Ki. pp. of In mnnli. + -ness.] The state of being organic radical (CgHgCHo) which does not ex- 
bent-grass (bent'gras), . Same as brut", I. benumlied : absence of sensation or feeling. ist in the free stud-, but in combination forms 
benthal (beu'thal), a. [<Gr. fievOor,, the depths benumbment (be-num'ment), H. [(. IHII n nib + a considerable number of compounds, 
of the sea, + -at.] Of or pertaining to depths -incul.'] The aci of benumbing; the state of benzylation (ben-/i-la'shon), n. [< /;<-/// + 
of the sea of a thousand fathoms and more, being benumbed ; torpor. -/<.] The act of adding benzene to rosani- 
See extract. benweed (ben' wed), . [Also bin-, bind-, bun- line or some similar substance. 
In his presidential address to the biological section ,,f '" '' .' < '"'" (uncertain) + imv/l. < T. In ndiri Hi, The tendency of the /<,.-./'"'""' being togive the colour 
the llritish Association at Plymouth in 1.S77, Mr. (iwyn hiit'tii'iitl.] Ragwort. [Scotland and North. a Muer shade. 
Jeffreys suggested the n-r ,,f the uamc '//(/!/. . . (or [veland. I Crarr ' '"', , ' .In, inn and I'alieo-priiiting, p. 399. 
in'-'thc'tei'i'i',' ''.'I'v^'iT' for h dertjM 1 down r to one'tnouKand benzaldehyde (ben-zal'de-hid), n. [< In n~( .,/<) benzylic (ben-zil'ik), it. [< brii-yl + -i<:] Re- 
fathoms. P. fl. CaronUr, in Science, IV. 223. + aldehyde.] The oil of bitter almonds, C, ; 'ated to or containing the radical benzyl. 
KOTittiamir MX.TI tlmm'ik> Of or t,e,-f,i, mn- H.COH, a colorless liquid having a pleasant bepaint (be-panf), c. t. [< 6t-l + paint.] To 
Si >t ISt-ii " or and sol "ble iu water, it is prepared artiti- paint; cover with paint, or as with paint. 
eially "11 a lalL'r scale, and used in making ben/oic aci, I Klsc would a maiileli blush li.-/*iiiil my check, 
as well a~ \arioiis ]iiginents. >**.. K. and .1., il. 2. 
The Briitliiiiiiii- standard of the K n -atcst liappiness was beUZamide (beil'za-lllid or -mid), II. [< Inn- beDale (be lial') r t IX 6e- 1 + / 2 1 To 
that which I had always been taught t.. apply ;(<iir) + uniiilr.] A'wliite crystalline substance. ,,," lk ,. , ll( ; 
_ .. . .. ,.. C (i H. v ('<).NH 2 , which maybe reganled as the T h,,.,.p, ,j,',, ,i iip , 'thine. /,,,/-./ with bh,t,,. 
Benthamism (ben'tham-izm), . f< Btmtham amide of beuzoyl. Came T,, an inconstant Servant. 
+ -torn.] The political and ethical system benzene (bcn'/.eu), n. [< beaz(oic) + -</.] 1. bepat (be-paf), . M pret. and pp. bepatted, 
taught by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1882), who A hydrocarbon (C 6 H 6 ) formed whenever or- ,,, 1,,,,,'illuni [< br-i + ,,al ] To beat upon; 
held that the greatest happiness of the great- jjanic bodies are subjected to destructive dis- patter upon 
eat number is the rational end of moral rules, tillation at a high temperature, and obtained \, ti , m ,,.. u ,.u n,,. ,,, u ,,, ull ,i 
and ought to be the aim of governments and commercially from coal-tar. It is a clear, otata Tin dut, i,i,,^ t, , i btftt the ground, 
individuals alike; utilitarianism (which see). liquid, of a peculiar ethereal, agreeable ,loi. used in the J. Bnillir, The Kitten. 
My previous education (that is, before 1821-2] had been, arts as a solvent l,,r ^mM*, roiiis fats. , ,-.. a,,,l as the bepearl (be-])crl'), r. I. [< 6c-l + pearl.] To 
in a certain sense, already a course of lii'iiilinmixiii. i;h aMiiine and the cover with pearls, or with shining ilrops like 
J. S. Mill, Autidiiog., p. 4. ' ,:!', ,..,, -Is 
T 2. Same as bviiztn or ben:nn-. rls - , 
Is Ix-iiiin innxni so absolutely the truth, that the Pope is v ii /! ' *n iv;*>, ( ^ -i- / 1 & raw prlmroie all Mpcarwa with dew. 
to be denounced because he has not yet become a convert DenZUl'>e zii;, ;/. ^ ue < ;,,,. The I'rimrow. 
to it? J. n. Xm;,,,,,,, i,,.tter (is7S), p. 114. pound (Cj^HjoOa) obtained by the oxidation , u ,, - , r > . r , , , , ,.,,,-n Tnnolt 
o *i. -* ,1 /. r/ " - nf henzohi. and also bv heatint? bromotoluvlene Depeit (D(.-pelt ), i . f. L^ * PB*.} . 
Joentnamite (oen tnam-it), . [\ 
,, . ,.,;>, w oto,. ot lino p . 
A follower of Bentham ; a believer in v'n 'me ( V )en z il'ik) a f< 6e- + ic 1 Of bepepper (be-pep'er), p. 
* 
an adherent of the Benthamic 
A faithful &iiAa.ffe trBvemiii!.' mi age still din.med by v i~ijn ri.en ' /i mid or mid) i K fcfii To pester greatly ; plague ; harass. 
_ ^ r To 
bentinck (ben'tingk), . [From Captain *- ^.^^ft^S^-SS 1^2""^, a,,l lulder, .1, ^ wW , 
ct (1737-75), the inventor.] M B fc, a trian- gfS^JSffi fttiftSSSS&r Rl "' > tek "" w -' 8 ' C ^" a "' Ili d - ""' 
gular course, used as a trysail : now generally benzin benzine (ben'zin, ben-zen'). . [< - bepinkt (be-pingk'), r. /. [< be-1 + pink.] To 
superseded by the storm-staysail. _ Bentinck , (<lic) '+ . /H a . /)( ;, 2 .] A colorless limpid liquid pGS ; cut in scallops or pierce with small holes. 
boom, a small boom on the foot of a square forenu. / .. . . .- i .., i 3 r V* ita m i a /^ . ; t .' \ .. * r/ ;. 1 j_ . i T^ , ;. 
Bentinck shrouds, ropes extending from the weathe,- consisting of a mixture of volatile hydrocarbons beplSS (be-pis ), v. t. [< 6e-i + puss.] To piss 
futtock-statf to the lee-ehannels, to support the mast when and having a specific gravity of between 62 upon; wet with urine. 
the ship is rolling heavily. I No longer used.] and65B. It is obtained by the fractional distillation of bepitcht (be-pich'), u. t. [< 6e-l + pitch*.] To 
bentiness (ben n-nes), H. Ihe state of being petroleum. It is essentially different from benzene, being cover or stain with pitch ; hence, to blacken or 
benty. mixture of hydrocarlKins, while benzene is a single hy- darken Sulrester 
bent&g (ben'ting) n [< lct + -ij,.] The ^^SS^SS^^JS^SM bepity (be-pit'i) r. .: pret. and pp. 6fcrf. 
act of seeking or collecting bents or bent-stalks. a i kaloids . Also improperly written tenaw. Ppr. bepitying. [< be-1 + pity.] To pity ex- 
The pigeon never knoweth woe benzoate (ben'zo-at), n. [< bcnzo(fr) + -ate^.] ceedingly. 
I - utilshedotlla!-enygo. Ray's 1'rutxrb*. A salt of benzoic acid. Mercy on him, poor heart ! I beniiifd him, so I did. 
benting-time (ben'ting-tim), . The time when benzoated (ben'zo-a-ted), a. Mixed with beii- Fielding, Tom Jones, x. 9. 
pigeons feed on bents before peas are ripe : as, zoin or benzoic acid. beplait (be-plaf), r. t. [< be-i + plait.] To 
''rare bcnting-times," Dryden, Hind and Pan- benzoic (ben-zo'ik), a. [< benzo(in) + -ic.] plait. 
ther, iii. 1283. Pertaining to or obtained from benzoin._Ben- beplaster (be-plas'ter), r. t. [< 6<M + plaster. ] 
bentivi, bentiveo (ben-te've, -te-va'o), n. zoic acid, c,'H 5 cooH, a peculiar vegetable acid, ob- To cover with plaster; cover or smear over 
[Said to be Braz.] A name, said to be used ill tained from benzoin and other balsams by sublimation or thickly ; bedaub. 
Brazil, of a clamatorial passerine bird of .the $^JSShMSftd5 3SSl" kromaUc*; It *W* rouge. (Wl^ft*. Retaliation. 
family tyrannidee, the Pitangus sitlphiiratui of Is used in making incense and pastils. Benzoic ether, a beplume (be-plom'), r. t. [< be- 1 + plume.] 
authors in general, Tyrannus siilitJiiiratus ( Vieil- substance obtained by distilling together 4 parts of alco- fo furnish or adorn with feathers ; plume. 
lot), Lanius sulphumtvs (Linmeua), originally ^tJffirt^^ldA^'^otoAraftS: bepommel (be-pum'el), . (. [< fce-l + pom- 
described in 1760 by Brisson as la pie-gneschc havlllg a feeble arom atie smell like that of fruits, and a '<'.] To pommel soundly ; drub. 
jaune <le Cayenne, and hence long supposed to pungent aromatic taste. Benzoic fermentation, see bepowder (be-pou'der), r. t. [< 6e-l + poicder.] 
be a shrike. fermentation. To powder;' sprinkle or cover all over with 
ben trovatO (ban tro-va'to). [It.: ben, < L. benc, benzoin (ben zo-m or -zom), . [First in 16th pow d e r, as the hair. 
well; tromto (pi. trovati), pp. of troearc, find, century; also written benjoin, bengeinne ben- ,. t ,, e beau eom ,, ed , Iwt his wlll to , 
invent : see trove.] Well feigned ; well in- 0n, later MMKM, etc. (also corruptly beuja- ... all the thought withiuside his noddle to bepowder 
vented : a part of a familiar Italian saying, Se min > 1- v -)i = D- benjuin = G. benzoe, benzoin = and becurl the outside? 
non e vero, e ben tromto (If it is not true, it Dan. benzoe, < F. benjoin, < Pg. beijoim = Sp. * *<*, Freewill, foreknowledge, etc., P . 98. 
is well imagined), sometimes introduced, in benjui, meiijui = It. benzoi, < AT. luban jdica, bepraise (be-praz ), r. t. [< 6e-l + praise. ] To 
various relations in English lit. 'incense of Java' (Sumatra). The omission praise greatly or extravagantly ; puff . 
Various anecdotesof him [Da,,te]re related by Boceac- j" Rom. of the syllable lu- _ was prob. due to its Bepraited by newspapers and marines 
cio, Sacchetti, and others, none of them verisimilar, and being mistaken for the def. art.] Otum benja- Gotdtmith, Essays, viii. 
some of them at least tlfteen centuries old when revamped, min; the concrete resinous juice of Styrax Hardly any man, and certainly no politician, has been 
Most of them are neither veri nor ben Irurali. Benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, and the Ma- so ( "P r '' rf Burke. Conteinporam Jier.. L. 27. 
' ....... "' Among my Books, 2dser., p. 19. , ay peninsula) obtained by incisions into the bepray (be-pra'), p. t. [< be-l + pray.] To 
benty (ben'ti), a. [< bent? + -yl.] 1. Of, per- bark. The benzoin of commerce is obtained from both pray; beseech. Stuik. 
taining to, or of the nature of bent or bent- Sumatra and Siain, that from siam being much superior beprose (be-proz'), v. t. [< be- 1 + prose.] To 
grass. 2. Covered with or abounding in bent. to . the other ''" quality When rubbed or heated, it has re duce to prose. 
benumt, p. a. and e. *. An earlier form of be- t*^ t gj^ t to** S'S^cLthoHc To ^ro/all rhyme. JfrtW, Verbal CriticUn,. 
""'"'' and Greek churches, and is the base of the tincture called bepucker (be-puk'er), V. t. [< be- 1 + pucker.] 
benumbt, benome't, l>. a. [Early mod. E., < /riant' or Turlington's balsam, long famous as a remedy f o Ducker 
ME. benome, beno^n < AS bcn.uucn pp. of be- ^~"* f^'tVf^dicinT^edlen'T o^S bepT&F (be-puf), P. t. [< be-1 + j>u/.] To puff; 
niman, depnve: see Of mm.] Benumbed. piaster. See Styrax. bepraise. 
benumb (be-num'), i>. t. [Early mod. E.fcc/, benzol (ben'zol),n. [Less prop, benzole ; < ben- Doggeries never so diplomaed, bepu/rd, gaslighted, coii- 
bc'iKiinbe, bcnome, < lienumo, beniim, batomc, p. a.: z(oie) + -ol.] Same as benzene, 1. tinue doggeries. Cartyle, Past and Present, p. 392. 
see benumb, p. a.] 1 . To make torpid ; deprive benzolin (beu'zo-lin), n. [< 'benzol + -int.] bepurple (be-per'pl), v. t. [< 6e-i -I- purple.] 
of sensation : as, a hand or foot benumbed by s ame as benzen^ 1. To tinge or dye with a purple color. Digges. 
cold. 2. To stupefy; render inactive. benzolize (ben'zo-liz), p. t.; pret. and pp. ben- bepuzzle (be-puz'l), c. t. [< 6t-l + puzzle.] To 
It seizes upon the vitals, and benumb* the senses. South, zolizcd, ppr. benzolizing. [< benzol + -ize.] To puzzle greatly ; perplex. 
My mind revolts at the reverence for foreign authors, treat . impregnate, or cause to combine with bepuzzlement (be-puz'1-ment), n. [< bepuzzle 
which stifles inquiry, restrains investigation, benumbs the benzene or a benzene derivative. + -mcnt.] Perplexity. 
viiror of the intellectual faculties, subdues and debases benzoyl (ben'zo-il or -zoil), . [< henzo(ic) + bequeath (be-kweTH'), v. t. [< ME. bequethen, 
.\. ti , 'Mar, in Scudder, p. 230. , yl ] He radical (C 7 H 5 O) of benzoic acid, of oil biquctlien, earlier bicwethen, < AS. becwethan, 
benumbed (be-numd'), p. a. Numb or torpid, of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of declare, affirm, give by will, < be- + cirethan, 
either physically or morally : as, benumbed compounds derived from this oil, or connected say. The simple verb became obsolete in the 
limbs; benumbed faith. with it by certain relations. ME. period, except in the pret. quoth, which 
