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A nominator. [Obs.] Bentham.

To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along. [Prov. Eng.]

iplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields. -- Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring. -- Nut pine. (Bot.) See under Pine. -- Nut rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are foun…

Nodding; having the top bent downward.

To meet; to clash. [Obs.] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. Bentley.

Same as Occursion. [Obs.] Bentley.

h one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness. They chose atheism as an opiate. Bentley.

An artificer; a workman. [Obs.] "The almighty opificer." Bentley.

A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.

Organic. The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they live and move. Bentley.

One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is. Bentley.

A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.

To form into a peninsula. South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. W. Bentley.

Hamilton. Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence. Bentley.

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. Bentley. -- n.

siteness; relevancy; suitableness. The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse. Bentley.

Obstinacy; pervicaciousness. [Obs.] Bentley.

One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. Bentley.

A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.