ben
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ben1
▶noun Scottish a high mountain: Ben Nevis.
– origin C18: from Sc. Gaelic and Ir. beann.
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ben2
▶noun (usu. in phr. but and ben) Scottish the inner room in a two-roomed cottage.
– origin C18: dial. var. of ME binne ‘within’, from OE binnan.
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