Helen Fenton

Bencher: Definition and part of speech

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Bencher

  1. n. One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
  2. n. One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
  3. n. An alderman of a corporation.
  4. n. A member of a court or council.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bench warrant: Definition and part of speech

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Bench warrant

  1. A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; — so called in distinction from a justice’s warrant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bent: Definition and part of speech

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Bent

  1. of Bend
  2. imp. & p. p. of Bend.
  3. a. & p. p. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
  4. a. & p. p. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; — said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
  5. v. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
  6. v. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
  7. v. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
  8. v. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
  9. v. A transverse frame of a framed structure.
  10. v. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
  11. 1 1 of Bend
  12. 1 1 imp. & p. p. of Bend.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bend: Definition and part of speech

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Bend

  1. n. One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
  2. v. t. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
  3. v. t. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
  4. v. t. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
  5. v. t. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
  6. v. t. To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
  7. v. i. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
  8. v. i. To jut over; to overhang.
  9. v. i. To be inclined; to be directed.
  10. v. i. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
  11. 1n. 1 One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bender: Definition and part of speech

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Bender

  1. n. A sixpence.
  2. n. One who, or that which, bends.
  3. n. An instrument used for bending.
  4. n. A drunken spree.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.