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benty, a.|ˈbɛntɪ|
[f. bent n.1 + -y1.]
1. a. Of the nature of a rush or grass-stalk. b. Of or pertaining to bent or bent-grass.
1597Gerard Herball i. iii. §i. 4 Slender bentie stalks. 1807J. Headrick Arran 124 The benty grasses, which grow on the sea beach. 1841Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. I. 305 The gray benty colour of the always drenched pasture.
2. Covered with bent or bent-grasses.
a1700in Maidment Scot. Ball (1868) II. 197 As he came down by Merriemass, And in by the benty line. 1834Brit. Husb. xii. 292 Coarse benty sward. 1876Blackie Songs of Relig. 137 Above the benty golfing ground. |