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A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds. [Formerly written also benzule.]

A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.

Absorptiveness.

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

The state of being accumbent or reclining. [R.]

Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot.

A bench in or before an alehouse. Bunyan.

A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.

Tennessee; -- a nickname.

Bent, like a bow. Milton.

A colorless oil obtained from hemp dy distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.

A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.

A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.

imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed). [Obs.] The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. Chaucer.

Lying down; recumbent. J. Dyer.

Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott.

A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.

The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt secured by a trust deed of property for the benefit of the holders of shares in the debt or of a series of debentures. By the terms of much debenture stock the holders are not entitled to demand payment until the winding up of the…

Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.

The act or posture of lying down. The ancient manner of decumbency. Sir T. Browne.