benmostadj.
Scottish.
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Superlative of ben adj.; innermost.
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benmost
Inner, interior: as in ben end, ben room. Compared benner, benmost.
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a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 149 The benmost part o' my kist nook.
1785 Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. 34 (Jam.) Their benner pantries.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 18 I was a free man i' my ain ben-end.
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. ii. 32 A door leading into the ben or inner chamber of the cottage.
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