Part 891

<hw>Band</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bandy; to drive away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Band</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Band</hw>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Bind</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bandage</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Band"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bandage</ets>, fr. <ets>bande</ets>. See <er>Band</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.</def>

<blockquote>Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a <b>bandage</b> over her eyes. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bandage</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Band"age</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bandaged</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bandaging</er> (<?/).]</wordforms> <def>To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; <as>as, to <ex>bandage</ex> the eyes</as>.</def>

<h1>Bandala</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban*da"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (<spn>Musa textilis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Bandanna, Bandana</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw><hw>Ban*dan"na</hw>, <hw>Ban*dan"a</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>b\'bendhn<?/</ets> 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. <er>Band</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Bandbox</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Band"box`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the <i>bands</i> of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.</def>

<h1>Bandeau</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"deau</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bandeaux</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.</def>

<blockquote>Around the edge of this cap was a stiff <b>bandeau</b> of leather. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bandelet, Bandlet</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw><hw>Band"e*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Band"let</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bandelette</ets>, dim. of <ets>bande</ets>. See <er>Band</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and ch. <er>Bendlet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Bander</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Band"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One banded with others.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Banderole, Bandrol</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw><hw>Band"e*role</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Band"rol</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>banderole</ets>, dim. of <ets>bandi\'8are</ets>, <ets>banni\'8are</ets>, banner; cf. It. <ets>banderuola</ets> a little banner. See <er>Banner</er>.]</ety> <def>A little banner, flag, or streamer.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>bannerol</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>From the extremity of which fluttered a small <b>banderole</b> or streamer bearing a cross. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>