The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 128
9. (Bot.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
10. (Zo\'94l.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
11. (Mech.) A belt or strap.
12. A bond [Obs.] "Thy oath and band ."
Shak.
13. Pledge; security. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Band saw , a saw in the form of an endless steel belt, with teeth on one edge, running over wheels.
Band <Xpage=116>
Band (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Banding .] 1. To bind or tie with a band.
2. To mark with a band.
3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. " Banded against his throne."
Milton.
Banded architrave , pier , shaft , etc. (Arch.) , an architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right angles.
Band <Xpage=116>
Band , v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
Certain of the Jews banded together. Acts xxiii. 12.
Band <Xpage=116>
Band , v. t. To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]
Band <Xpage=116>
Band , imp. of Bind . [Obs.]
Bandage <Xpage=116>
Band"age (?) , n. [F. bandage , fr. bande . See Band .] 1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. Addison.
Bandage <Xpage=116>
Band"age , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bandaged (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandaging (<?/).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes .
Bandala <Xpage=116>
Ban*da"la (?) , n. A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca ( Musa textilis ).
Bandanna, Bandana <Xpage=116>
Ban*dan"na , Ban*dan"a (?) , n. [Hind. b\'bendhn<?/ a mode of dyeing in which the cloth is tied in different places so as to prevent the parts tied from receiving the dye. Cf. Band , n. ] 1. A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.
2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
Ure.
Bandbox <Xpage=116>
Band"box` (?) , n. A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
Bandeau <Xpage=116>
Ban"deau (?) , n. ; pl. Bandeaux (#) . [F.] A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather. Sir W. Scott.
Bandelet, Bandlet <Xpage=116>
Band"e*let (?) , Band"let (?) , n. [F. bandelette , dim. of bande . See Band , n. , and ch. Bendlet .] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.
Gwilt.
Bander <Xpage=116>
Band"er (?) , n. One banded with others. [R.]
Banderole, Bandrol <Xpage=116>
Band"e*role (?) , Band"rol (?) , n. [F. banderole , dim. of bandi\'8are , banni\'8are , banner; cf. It. banderuola a little banner. See Banner .] A little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also bannerol .]
From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.
Band fish <Xpage=116>
Band" fish` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A small red fish of the genus Cepola ; the ribbon fish.
Bandicoot <Xpage=116>
Ban"di*coot (?) , n. [A corruption of the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A species of very large rat ( Mus giganteus ), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens. (b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles ) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.
Banding plane <Xpage=116>
Band"ing plane` (?) . A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.
Bandit <Xpage=116>
Ban"dit (?) , n. ; pl. Bandits (#) , ∨ Banditti (#) . [It. bandito outlaw, p.p. of bandire to proclaim, to banish, to proscribe, LL. bandire , bannire . See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish .] An outlaw; a brigand.
No savage fierce, bandit , or mountaineer. Milton.
&hand; The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti . Sir W. Scott.
Bandle <Xpage=116>
Ban"dle (?) , n. [Ir. bannlamh cubit, fr. bann a measure + lamh hand, arm.] An Irish measure of two feet in length.
Bandlet <Xpage=116>
Band"let (?) , n. Same as Bandelet .
Bandmaster <Xpage=116>
Band"mas`ter (?) , n. The conductor of a musical band.
Bandog <Xpage=116>
Ban"dog` (?) , n. [Band + dog, i.e., bound dog.] A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.
The keeper entered leading his bandog , a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name. Sir W. Scott.
Bandoleer, Bandolier <Xpage=116>
Ban`do*leer" , Ban`do*lier" (?) , n. [F. bandouli\'8are (cf.It. bandoliera , Sp. bandolera ), fr.F. bande band, Sp.&It. banda . See Band , n. ] 1. A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.
2. One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [Obs.]
Bandoline <Xpage=116>
Ban"do*line (?) , n. [Perh. allied to band .] A glutinous pomatum for the fair.
Bandon <Xpage=116>
Ban"don (?) , n. [OF. bandon . See Abandon .] Disposal; control; license. [Obs.]
Rom. of R.
Bandore <Xpage=116>
Ban"dore (?) , n. [Sp. bandurria , fr. L. pandura , pandurium , a musical instrument of three strings, fr. Gr. <?/ . Cf. Pandore , Banjo , Mandolin .] A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.
Bandrol <Xpage=116>
Band"rol (?) , n. Same as Banderole .
Bandy <Xpage=116>
Ban"dy (?) , n. [Telugu bandi .] A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
Bandy <Xpage=116>
Ban"dy , n. ; pl. Bandies (<?/) . [Cf. F. band\'82 , p.p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande . See Band , n. ] 1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
Johnson.
2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
Bandy <Xpage=116>
Ban"dy , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bandied (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying .] 1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth.
2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy hasty words."
Shak.
3. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts.
Bandy <Xpage=116>
Ban"dy , v. i. To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.
Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak.
Bandy <Xpage=116>
Ban"dy , a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg .
Bandy-legged <Xpage=116>
Ban"dy-legged` (?) , a. Having crooked legs.
Bane <Xpage=116>
Bane (?) , n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, <?/ murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. <?/.] 1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.]
2. Destruction; death. [Obs.]
The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane . Milton.
3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. Herbert.
4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot .
Syn. -- Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
Bane <Xpage=116>
Bane , v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Baneberry <Xpage=116>
Bane"ber`ry (?) , n. (Bot.) A genus (Act\'91a) of plants, of the order Ranunculace\'91 , native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.
Baneful <Xpage=116>
Bane"ful (?) , a. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. " Baneful hemlock." Garth . " Baneful wrath." Chapman .
-- Bane"ful*ly , adv. -- Bane"ful*ness , n.
Banewort <Xpage=116>
Bane"wort (?) , n. (Bot.) Deadly nightshade.
Bang <Xpage=116>
Bang (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Banging .] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw. b\'86ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.] 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.
2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
Bang <Xpage=116>
Bang , v. i. To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.
Bang <Xpage=116>
Bang , n. 1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
Many a stiff thwack, many a bang . Hudibras.
2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
Bang <Xpage=116>
Bang , v. t. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
His hair banged even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.
Bang <Xpage=116>
Bang , n. The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.
His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang . W. D. Howells.
Bang, Bangue <Xpage=116>
Bang , Bangue (?) , n. See Bhang .
Banging <Xpage=116>
Bang"ing , a. Huge; great in size. [Colloq.]
Forby.
Bangle <Xpage=116>
Ban"gle (?) , v. t. [From 1st Bang .] To waste by little and little; to fritter away. [Obs.]
Bangle <Xpage=116>
Ban"gle , n. [Hind. bangr\'c6 bracelet, bangle.] An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet.
Bangle ear , a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.
Banian <Xpage=116>
Ban"ian (?) , n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named by the English, because used as a market place by the merchants.] 1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan .]
2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan .
Banian days (Naut.) , days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
Banish <Xpage=116>
Ban"ish (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banished (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Banishing .] [OF. banir , F. bannir , LL. bannire , fr. OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See Ban an edict, and Finish , v. t. ] 1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. "We banish you our territories."
Shak.
2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of .
How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland. Blair.
3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. " Banish all offense."
Shak.
Syn. -- To Banish , Exile , Expel . The idea of a coercive removal from a place is common to these terms. A man is banished when he is forced by the government of a country (be he a foreigner or a native) to leave its borders. A man is exiled when he is driven into banishment from his native country and home. Thus to exile is to banish , but to banish is not always to exile . To expel is to eject or banish, summarily or authoritatively, and usually under circumstances of disgrace; as, to expel from a college; expelled from decent society.
Banisher <Xpage=116>
Ban"ish*er (?) , n. One who banishes.
Banishment <Xpage=116>
Ban"ish*ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. bannissement .] The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.
He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson.
Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.
Syn. -- Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.
Banister <Xpage=116>
Ban"is*ter (?) , n. [Formerly also banjore and banjer ; corrupted from bandore , through negro slave pronunciation.] A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
Bank <Xpage=116>
Bank (?) , n. [OE. banke ; akin to E. bench , and prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki . See Bench .] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
They cast up a bank against the city. 2 Sam. xx. 15.
2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
Tiber trembled underneath her banks . Shak.
4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland .
5. (Mining) (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank .
Bank beaver (Zo\'94l.) , the otter. [Local, U.S.] -- Bank swallow , a small American and European swallow ( Clivicola riparia ) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.
Bank <Xpage=116>
Bank , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banked (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Banking .] 1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. " Banked well with earth."
Holland.
2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand .
3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.]
Shak.
To bank a fire , To bank up a fire , to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.
Bank <Xpage=116>
Bank , n. [Prob. fr. F. banc . Of German origin, and akin to E. bench . See Bench .] 1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
Placed on their banks , the lusty Trojan sweep Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. Waller.
2. (Law) (a) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. (b) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius , or a court held for jury trials. See Banc .
Burrill.
3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers.
4. (Music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
Knight.
Bank <Xpage=116>
Bank , n. [F. banque , It. banca , orig. bench, table, counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench ; cf. G. bank bench, OHG. banch . See Bench , and cf. Banco , Beach .] 1. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
3. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.]
Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money. Bacon.
4. (Gaming) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
Bank credit , a credit by which a person who has give<?/ the required security to a bank has liberty to draw to <?/ certain extent agreed upon. -- Bank of deposit , a bank which receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue , a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.
Bank <Xpage=116>
Bank , v. t. To deposit in a bank.
Bank <Xpage=116>
Bank , v. i. 1. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
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2. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
Bankable <Xpage=117>
Bank"a*ble (?) , a. Receivable at a bank.
Bank bill <Xpage=117>