Part 1126

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; <as>as, to <ex>bind</ex> the conscience; to <ex>bind</ex> by kindness; <ex>bound</ex> by affection; commerce <ex>binds</ex> nations to each other.</as></def>

<blockquote>Who made our laws to <b>bind</b> us, not himself. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.</def> <i>Abbott</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; <as>as, to <ex>bind</ex> an apprentice</as>; -- sometimes with <i>out</i>; <as>as, <ex>bound</ex> out to service</as>.</as></def>

<cs><col>To bind over</col>, <cd>to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.</cd> -- <col>To bind to</col>, <cd>to contract; <as>as, to <ex>bind<ex> one's self <ex>to<ex> a wife</as>.</cd> -- <col>To bind up in</col>, <cd>to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.</syn>

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<hw>Bind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To tie; to confine by any ligature.</def>

<blockquote>They that reap must sheaf and <b>bind</b>. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; <as>as, clay <ex>binds</ex> by heat</as>.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To exert a binding or restraining influence.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

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<hw>Bind</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which binds or ties.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.</def>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A ligature or tie for grouping notes.</def>

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<hw>Bind"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who binds; <as>as, a <ex>binder</ex> of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; <as>as, a <ex>binder</ex> of books</as>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.</def>

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<hw>Bind"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.</def>

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<hw>Bind"heim*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Bindheim</ets>, a German who analyzed it.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.</def>

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<hw>Bind"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That binds; obligatory.</def>