Part 899

<cs><col>Bankrupt law</col>, <cd>a law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See <er>Insolvent</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Bankrupt</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bank"rupt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bankrupted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bankrupting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.</def>

<h1>Bankruptcy</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bank"rupt*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bankruptcies</plw>(<?/).</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Complete loss; -- followed by <i>of</i>.</def>

<h1>Bankside</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bank"side`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.</def>

<h1>Bank-sided</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bank"-sid`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to <i>wall-sided</i>.</def>

<h1>Bank swallow</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Bank" swal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under 1st <er>Bank</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Banlieue</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"li*eue`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>bannum leucae</ets>, <ets>banleuca</ets>; <ets>bannum</ets> jurisdiction + <ets>leuca</ets> league.]</ety> <def>The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Banner</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>banere</ets>, OF. <ets>baniere</ets>, F. <ets>banni\'8are</ets>, <ets>bandi\'8are</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>baniera</ets>, <ets>banderia</ets>, fr. <ets>bandum</ets> banner, fr. OHG. <ets>bant</ets> band, strip of cloth; cf. <ets>bindan</ets> to bind, Goth. <ets>bandwa</ets>, <ets>bandwo</ets>, a sign. See <er>Band</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.</def>

<blockquote>Hang out our <b>banners</b> on the outward walls. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any flag or standard; <as>as, the star-spangled <ex>banner</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Banner fish</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large fish of the genus <i>Histiophorus<i>, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (<spn>H. Americanus</spn>) inhabits the North Atlantic.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bannered</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"nered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>bannered</i> host."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Banneret</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"ner*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[OE. <ets>baneret</ets>, OF. <ets>baneret</ets>, F. <ets>banneret</ets>; properly a dim. of OF. <ets>baniere</ets>. See <er>Banner</er>.]</ety>