Part 513

Band, v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Certain of the Jews banded together. Acts xxiii. 12.

Band, v. t. To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]

Band, imp. of Bind. [Obs.] Spenser.

Band"age (bnd"j), 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.

Band"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandaged (-jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandaging (bnd"*jng).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.

||Ban*da"la (&?;), n. A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

{ Ban*dan"na, Ban*dan"a } (&?;), n. [Hind. bndhn 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.

Band"box` (bnd"bks`), n. A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.

||Ban"deau (bn"d), n.; pl. Bandeaux (bn"dz). [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.

{ Band"e*let (&?;), Band"let } (&?;), n. [F. bandelette, dim. of bande. See Band, n., and cf. Bendlet.] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. Gwilt.

Band"er (&?;), n. One banded with others. [R.]

{ Band"e*role (&?;), Band"rol } (&?;), n. [F. banderole, dim. of bandière, bannière, 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` (&?;). (Zoöl.) A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.

Ban"di*coot (&?;), n. [A corruption of the native name.] (Zoöl.) (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.

Band"ing plane` (&?;). A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.

Ban"dit (bn"dt), n.; pl. Bandits (bn"dts), or Banditti (bn*dt"t). [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.

The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.

Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. Sir W. Scott.

Ban"dle (&?;), n. [Ir. bannlamh cubit, fr. bann a measure + lamh hand, arm.] An Irish measure of two feet in length.

Band"let (&?;), n. Same as Bandelet.

Band"mas`ter (&?;), n. The conductor of a musical band.