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<hw>Ban"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bannissement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.</def>

<blockquote>He secured himself by the <b>banishment</b> of his enemies. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Round the wide world in <b>banishment</b> we roam. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.</syn>

<h1>Banister</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Ban"is*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formerly also <ets>banjore</ets> and <ets>banjer</ets>; corrupted from <ets>bandore</ets>, through negro slave pronunciation.]</ety> <def>A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.</def>

<h1>Bank</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>banke</ets>; akin to E. <ets>bench</ets>, and prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. <ets>bakki</ets>. See <er>Bench</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; <as>as, a <ex>bank</ex> of clouds; a <ex>bank</ex> of snow.</as></def>

<blockquote>They cast up a <b>bank</b> against the city. <i>2 Sam. xx. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.</def>

<blockquote>Tiber trembled underneath her <b>banks</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; <as>as, the <ex>banks</ex> of Newfoundland</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The face of the coal at which miners are working.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The ground at the top of a shaft; <as>as, ores are brought to <ex>bank</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Bank beaver</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the otter.</cd> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Bank swallow</col>, <cd>a small American and European swallow (<spn>Clivicola riparia</spn>) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bank</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bank</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Banked</er>(<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Banking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.</def> "<i>Banked</i> well with earth."

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To heap or pile up; <as>as, to <ex>bank</ex> sand</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To pass by the banks of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>To bank a fire</col>, <col>To bank up a fire</col></mcol>, <cd>to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bank</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bank</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. F. <ets>banc</ets>. Of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>bench</ets>. See <er>Bench</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.</def>

<blockquote>Placed on their <b>banks</b>, the lusty Trojan sweep Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at <i>Nisi Prius</i>, or a court held for jury trials. See <er>Banc</er>.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Printing)</fld> <def>A sort of table used by printers.</def>