Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEN, n.3 A mountain, usually applied to the higher Scottish mountains. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1898 R. Bain In Glasgow Streets 23:
An' the white snawdrifts, sunlicht-kissed Flash on the giant bens.Lth. 1915 J. Fergus The Sodger, etc. (1916) 29:
Or felt the keen clean Nor'lan' wind snell frae the snawy bens.Dmf. 1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster 369:
Soom and swoon, and seem to thaw, Owre bens and fells and far awa'.
