Part 901

<blockquote>Where they did both sup and <b>banquet</b>. <i>Cavendish.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Banquetter</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"quet*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.</def>

<h1>Banquette</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban*quette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Banquet</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.</def>

<h1>Banshee, Banshie</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw><hw>Ban"shee</hw>, <hw>Ban"shie</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>bean-shith</ets> fairy; Gael. & Ir. <ets>bean</ets> woman + Gael. <ets>sith</ets> fairy.]</ety> <def>A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.</def>

<h1>Banstickle</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"stic`kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ban</ets>, <ets>bon</ets>, bone + <ets>stickle</ets> prickle, sting. See <er>Bone</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Stickleback</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.</def>

<h1>Bantam</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"tam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.</def>

<h1>Bantam work</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"tam work`</hw>. <def>Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.</def>

<h1>Banteng</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"teng</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The wild ox of Java (<spn>Bibos Banteng</spn>).</def>

<h1>Banter</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[ <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bantered</er>(<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bantering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. F. <ets>badiner</ets> to joke, or perh. fr. E. <ets>bandy</ets> to beat to and fro. See <er>Badinage</er>, and cf. <er>Barter</er> fr. OF. <ets>barater</ets>.]</def>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; <as>as, he <ex>bantered</ex> me about my credulity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then <b>bantered</b> on my haggard looks the next day. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>If they <b>banter</b> your regularity, order, and love of study, <b>banter</b> in return their neglect of them. <i>Chatham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>We diverted ourselves with <b>bantering</b> several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To challenge or defy to a match.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Banter</h1> <Xpage=117>

<hw>Ban"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.</def>

<blockquote>Part <b>banter</b>, part affection. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>