Also 8 bin. [Gael. beann:—OCelt. *benno-, *bendo-, ‘peak, horn, conical point.’] A mountain-peak. Used with the names of Scottish mountains; e.g., Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond.
1788. R. Galloway, Poems, 75 (Jam.). From Lomond bin to Pentland know.
1813. Hogg, Queen’s W., 355. Ben—is a Highland term and denotes a mountain of a pyramidal form, which stands unconnected with others.
1819. Jacob. Relics, II. 421 (Jam.). Sweet was … the river that how’d from the Ben.
1884. Manch. Exam., 13 Sept., 5/3. Lowlanders and Irishmen who never climbed a ben.
