benty
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnti
Adjective
benty (comparative more benty, superlative most benty)
- Abounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.
- benty fields
- Resembling bent.
- 1841, Henry Cockburn, Journal:
- The gray benty colour of the always drenched pasture.
References
- “benty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Scots
Alternative forms
- bentie, bentey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛnti/
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