English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bannered
(a.)
Furnished with, or bearing, banners.
Banneret
(n.)
A small banner.
Banneret
(n.)
A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Banneret
(n.)
A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence,
an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
Banneret
(n.)
Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field
under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
Bannerol
(n.)
A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral
procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
Banning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ban
Bannition
(n.)
The act of expulsion.
Bannock
(n.)
A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish,
commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or
griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.
Banns
(n. pl.)
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church,
or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object,
if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.
Banquet
(v. i.)
To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to
feast.
Banquet
(n.)
A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or
sweetmeats.
Banquet
(v. t.)
To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of
food; to feast.
Banquet
(v. i.)
To partake of a dessert after a feast.
Banquet
(n.)
A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking;
often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
Banqueted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Banquet
Banqueting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Banquet
Banquette
(n.)
A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the
top of a buffet or dresser.
Banquette
(n.)
A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a
parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
Banquetter
(n.)
One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.