Part 893

<h1>Bandore</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>bandurria</ets>, fr. L. <ets>pandura</ets>, <ets>pandurium</ets>, a musical instrument of three strings, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>. Cf. <er>Pandore</er>, <er>Banjo</er>, <er>Mandolin</er>.]</ety> <def>A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.</def>

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

<hw>Band"rol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Banderole</er>.</def>

<h1>Bandy</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Telugu <ets>bandi</ets>.]</ety> <def>A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.</def>

<h1>Bandy</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dy</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bandies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>band\'82</ets>, p.p. of <ets>bander</ets> to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. <ets>bande</ets>. See <er>Band</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.</def>

<h1>Bandy</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bandied</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bandying</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.</def>

<blockquote>Like tennis balls <b>bandied</b> and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.</def> "To <i>bandy</i> hasty words."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.</def>

<blockquote>Let not obvious and known truth be <b>bandied</b> about in a disputation. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bandy</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.</def>

<blockquote>Fit to <b>bandy</b> with thy lawless sons. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bandy</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dy</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; <as>as, a <ex>bandy</ex> leg</as>.</def>

<h1>Bandy-legged</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"dy-legged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having crooked legs.</def>

<h1>Bane</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bane</ets> destruction, AS. <ets>bana</ets> murderer; akin to Icel. <ets>bani</ets> death, murderer, OHG. <ets>bana</ets> murder, <ets>bano</ets> murderer, <ets><?/</ets> murder, OIr. <ets>bath</ets> death, <ets>benim</ets> I strike. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destruction; death.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their <b>bane</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>