English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Band
(v. t.)
To mark with a band.
Band
(v. t.)
To bind or tie with a band.
Band
(v. t.)
Pledge; security.
Band
(v. t.)
A bond
Band
(v. t.)
A belt or strap.
Band
(v. t.)
A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits
of umbelliferous plants.
Band
(v. t.)
A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing
is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied,
bound together, or confined; a fetter.
Band
(v. t.)
A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of
carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
Band
(v. t.)
In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings,
which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
Band
(v. t.)
That which serves as the means of union or connection
between persons; a tie.
Band
(v. t.)
A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th
centuries.
Band
(v. t.)
Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part
of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
Band
(v. t.)
A company of persons united in any common design,
especially a body of armed men.
Band
(v. t.)
A number of musicians who play together upon portable
musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain
wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
Band
(v. t.)
A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of
the body.
A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
Bandage
(n.)
A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and
binding up wounds, etc.
Bandage
(v. t.)
To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to
bandage the eyes.
Bandage
(n.)
Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over
or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
Bandaged
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bandage