Part 888

<hw>Bam*bi"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., a little boy, fr. <ets>bambo</ets> silly; cf. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, to chatter.]</ety> <def>A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.</def>

<h1>Bambocciade</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bam*boc`ci*ade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>bambocciata</ets>, fr. <ets>Bamboccio</ets> a nickname of Peter Van Laer, a Dutch genre painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet, fr. <ets>bambo</ets> silly.]</ety> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.</def>

<h1>Bamboo</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bam*boo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>bambu</ets>, <ets>mambu</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the family of grasses, and genus <i>Bambusa</i>, growing in tropical countries.</def>

<note>&hand; The most useful species is <i>Bambusa arundinacea</i>, which has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc.</note>

<h1>Bamboo</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bam*boo"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To flog with the bamboo.</def>

<h1>Bamboozle</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bam*boo"zle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bamboozled</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bamboozling</er> (<?/).]</wordforms> <ety>[Said to be of Gipsy origin.]</ety> <def>To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>What oriental tomfoolery is <b>bamboozling</b> you? <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bamboozler</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bam*boo"zler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Ban</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ban</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bann</ets> command, edict; akin to D. <ets>ban</ets>, Icel. <ets>bann</ets>, Dan. <ets>band</ets>, OHG. <ets>ban</ets>, G. <ets>bann</ets>, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to say, L. <ets>fari</ets> to speak, Skr. <ets>bhan</ets> to speak; cf. F. <ets>ban</ets>, LL. <ets>bannum</ets>, of G. origin. <?/. Cf. <er>Abandon</er>, <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Feudal & Mil.)</fld> <def>A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See <er>Banns</er> (the common spelling in this sense).</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.</def> "Under <i>ban</i> to touch."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A curse or anathema.</def> "Hecate's <i>ban</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; <as>as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Ban of the empire</col> <fld>(German Hist.)</fld>, <cd>an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ban</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ban</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Banned</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Banning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bannen</ets>, <ets>bannien</ets>, to summon, curse, AS. <ets>bannan</ets> to summon; akin to Dan. <ets>bande</ets>, <ets>forbande</ets>, to curse, Sw. <ets>banna</ets> to revile, <ets>bannas</ets> to curse. See <er>Ban</er> an edict, and cf. <er>Banish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To curse; to invoke evil upon.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>