Part 889

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To forbid; to interdict.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

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

<hw>Ban</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To curse; to swear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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

<hw>Ban</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Serv. <ets>ban</ets>; cf. Russ. & Pol. <ets>pan</ets> a master<?/ lord, Per. <ets>ban</ets>.]</ety> <def>An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.</def>

<h1>Banal</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ban"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>ban</ets> an ordinance.]</ety> <def>Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.</def>

<h1>Banality</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ba*nal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Banalities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>banalit\'82</ets>. See <er>Banal</er>.]</ety> <def>Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.</def>

<blockquote>The highest things were thus brought down to the <b>banalities</b> of discourse. <i>J. Morley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Banana</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ba*na"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>banana</ets>, name of the fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (<spn>Musa sapientum</spn>); also, its edible fruit. See <er>Musa</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches, covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste, and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a native of tropical countries, and furnishes an important article of food.</note>

<cs><col>Banana bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small American bird (<spn>Icterus leucopteryx</spn>), which feeds on the banana.</cd> -- <col>Banana quit</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small bird of tropical America, of the genus <spn>Certhiola</spn>, allied to the creepers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Banat</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ban"at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. & G. <ets>banat</ets>. See <er>Ban</er> a warden.]</ety> <def>The territory governed by a ban.</def>

<h1>Banc, Bancus, Bank</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw><hw>Banc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ban"cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>banc</ets>, LL. <ets>bancus</ets>. See <er>Bank</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>In banc</col>, <col>In banco</col> (the ablative of <i>bancus</i>), <col>In bank</col></mcol>, <cd>in full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings <i>in banc<i> (distinguished from sittings at <i>nisi prius<i>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Banco</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ban"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. See <er>Bank</er>.]</ety> <def>A bank, especially that of Venice.</def>

<note>&hand; This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated.</note>

<h1>Band</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Band</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>band</ets>, <ets>bond</ets>, Icel. <ets>band</ets>; akin to G., Sw., & D. <ets>band</ets>, OHG. <ets>bant</ets>, Goth. <ets>banti</ets>, Skr. <ets>bandha</ets> a binding, <ets>bandh</ets> to bind, for <ets>bhanda</ets>, <ets>bhandh</ets>, also to E. <ets>bend</ets>, <ets>bind</ets>. In sense 7, at least, it is fr. F. <ets>bande</ets>, from OHG. <ets>bant</ets>. <?/ See <er>Bind</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Bend</er>, <er>Bond</er>, 1st <er>Bandy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.</def>

<blockquote>Every one's <b>bands</b> were loosed. <i>Acis xvi 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.</def>