See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)  , in the Scottish phrase " a but and a See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben," the inner See also:

• ROOM

room of a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in which there is only one See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, so that the entrance to the inner room is through the outer, the but (Old Eng. butan, without) . Hence " a but and a ben " meant originally a living room and sleeping room, and so a dwelling or a cottage .