bent

The trivial name of the Arundo arenaria, or coarse unprofitable grass growing on the sea-shore.

← benn × bentinck-boom →

Bent
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Bend. II. Bent ·- of <<Bend>>. III. Bent ·v A declivity or slope, as of a hill....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Bent grass
·- ·same·as <<Bent>>, a kind of grass. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bent-grass
. n. See grass. 1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 65: «Agrostis virginica. Virginian Agrosti...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bent grass
(Genus, agrostis.) The popular name in the Northern States for a common grass, sometimes called red-...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bent on a splice
Going to be married. ...

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