Part 64 (1/2)

_Douglas_

This word is most probably from Lat _bene_, well

BENJEL, _s_ A heap, a considerable quantity; as ”a _benjel_ of coals,”

when many are laid at once on the fire, S B _Bensil_, however, is used in the same sense in the South and West of S

V ~Bensell~

BENK, BINK, _s_ A bench, a seat It seems sometimes to have denoted a seat of honour

_Kelly_

Dan _benk_, Germ _bank_, scamnum; Wachter

BENN, _s_ A sash

V ~Bend~

_Statist Acc_

BENORTH, _prep_ To the northward of; _besouth_, to the southward of, S

_Wyntown_

BENSELL, BENSAIL, BENT-SAIL, _s_

1 Force, violence of whatever kind, S

_Douglas_

2 A severe stroke; properly that which one receives from a push or shove, S

3 ”A severe rebuke,” Gl shi+rr ”I got a terrible _bensell_;” I was severely scolded, S

4 _Bensil of a fire_, a strong fire, South and West of S

It is not unlikely that the as originally _bent-sail_, as alluding to a vessel driven by the force of the winds

_To_ BENSEL, _v a_ To bang, or beat, Gl Sibb ”_Bensel_, to beat or bang Vox rustica, Yorksh” Gl Grose

BENSHAW, BEANSHAW, _s_ A disease, apparently of horses

_Polwart_