A dialectal or archaic term of uncertain meaning, possibly related to pencils, stencils, or other writing implements.
Possibly related to pencil or stencil, or could be an independent dialectal term. The etymology is highly speculative given the word's obsolescence.
Is 'bensil' a misspelled pencil? A dialect word? A regional tool name? These kinds of mystery words in old texts remind us how much of language is just lost forever.
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