English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bandy
(v. i.)
To content, as at some game in which each strives to
drive the ball his own way.
Bandy
(a.)
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side
outward; as, a bandy leg.
Bandy-legged
(a.)
Having crooked legs.
Bandying
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bandy
Bane
(n.)
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
Bane
(n.)
Destruction; death.
Bane
(n.)
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Bane
(n.)
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
Bane
(v. t.)
To be the bane of; to ruin.
Baneberry
(n.)
A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae,
native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are
poisonous.
Baneful
(a.)
Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive;
injurious; noxious; pernicious.
Banewort
(n.)
Deadly nightshade.
Bang
(v. i.)
To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of
blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the
piano.
Bang
(v. t.)
To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence;
to handle roughly.
Bang
(v. t.)
To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or
strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise;
as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or
casing) in shutting it.
Bang
(v. t.)
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the
forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
Bang
(n.)
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp.
when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.
Bang
(n.)
Alt. of Bangue
Bang
(n.)
The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
Bang
(n.)
A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.