sense, an unfavorable impression of this kind being denominated a prejudice. "Strong minds will be
strongly bent, and usually labor under a strong bias; but there is no mind so weak and powerless as
not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions." Crabb.
Bent
(Bent) n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.]
1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.
Drayton.
2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of
many other grasses, esp. in America.
3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] Wright.
Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
Chevy Chase.
