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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[=a]n, name of the tree.]
   (Bot.)
   The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben.
   See {Moringa}.

Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan
   within, in in.]
   Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner
   apartment. [Scot.]

Ben \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.]
   The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
   -- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]

Ben \Ben\
   An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]

Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).

Source : WordNet®

ben
     n : a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
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