band 
ban: see ban 1 , banish. Otherwise taken, in the 
passage quoted, as IxiniF, for bandy 1 .] To 
interdict; banish. 
Swecte. love such lewdnes bands from hisfaireconipaiiee. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. ii. 41. 
band 7 t, " Same as bandy 1 . 
band 8 (band), n. [Native name.] A weight 
equal to about 2 ounces troy, in use in western 
Africa for weighing gold-dust. Simuioiuk. 
bandage (bau'daj), n. [< F. bandage, < baitde, 
a band, strip: see band 2 and -age.] 1. A 
strip, band, or swathe of cotton cloth, or other 
soft woven material, used in dressing and bind- 
ing up wounds, stopping hemorrhages, joining 
fractured and dislocated bones, etc. 2. A 
band or ligature in general ; that which is bound 
over something else. 
Zeal tno had a place among the rest, with a bandage 
over her eyes. Addison. 
3. In arch., an iron ring or a chain bound 
around the springing of a dome, the circum- 
ference of a tower, or some similar part of a 
building, to tie it together. 
bandage (ban'daj), v. t. ; pret. and pp. ban- 
daged, ppr. bandaging. [< bandage, n.] To 
bind up or dress, as a wound, a fractured limb, 
etc., with a roller or bandage; cover with a 
bandage for the purpose of binding or con- 
cealing: as, to bandage the eyes. 
bandager (ban'daj-er), w. One who bandages 
or binds up wounds, etc. 
bandagist (ban'daj-ist), n. [< F. bandagiste, < 
bandage: see bandage and -int.] A maker of 
bandages, especially for hernia. 
bandal, . See bandle 2 . 
bandala (ban-da'la), n. [Native name.] The 
strong outer fiber of the abaca or Mtisa textilis 
of Manila, made into cordage, especially into 
the well-known Manila white rope. 
bandalore, bandelore (ban'da-lor, -de-lor), n. 
[Origin obscure. Cf. bandore 1 .] 1. A kind of 
toy very much used at the beginning of the 
present century. See quiz. 2. Same as ban- 
dore 1 . 
bandana, bandanna (ban-dan'a), n. [First in 
form bandanna, later bandanna, prob. through 
Pg., < Hind, bdndhnu, "a mode of dyeing in 
which the cloth is tied in different places to 
prevent the parts from receiving the dye" 
(Shakspear, Hind. Diet.), < bandit, or preferably 
bandh, a cord, ligature, tie, band, ult. = E. 
band 1 .] 1. A large handkerchief, dyed blue, 
yellow, or red, with small spots left white, 
where the stuff has been pressed to prevent 
it from receiving the dye. 2. A style of 
calico-printing in imitation of bandana hand- 
kerchiefs, white spots being produced on a 
red or dark-colored ground by discharging the 
color. 
band-axis (band ' ak * sis), n. Same as axis- 
ci/Under. 
band-bird (band'berd), H. A name of the 
African collared finch, Amadina fasciata. 
bandbox (band'boks), n. A light box made 
of pasteboard or thin flexible pieces of wood 
and paper, for holding caps, bonnets, or other 
light articles of attire : so called because origi- 
nally made to contain the starched bands com- 
monly worn in the seventeenth century. See 
band*, 3. 
She deposited by her side a capacious buiuibox, in which, 
as is the custom among travelers of her sex, she carried a 
great deal of valuable property. Hawthorne. 
bandboxical (band'bok"si-kal), a. [< bandbox 
+ -ical.] Of the size or appearance of a band- 
box: as, bandboxical rooms. [Colloq.] 
band-brake (band'brak), n. A form of brake 
used to prevent or to control the revolution of 
a shaft. It consists of a pulley secured upon the shaft, 
the circumference of which is embraced by a strap or 
band, usually of metal, which is capable of being adjusted 
to any desired degree of tightness. 
band-coupling (band'kup"ling), . Any device 
for uniting together the ends of a band. 
band-driver (band'drT'ver), n. A tool used for 
correcting irregularities in the bands of ma- 
chinery. E. H. Knight. 
bandg (bon-da'), a. [F., pp. of bander, band: 
see band 2 , v.] In her., bendy dexter, as dis- 
tinguished from bendy sinister. See barre. 
bandeau (ban-do'), n. ; pi. bandeaux (-doz'). 
[F., < OF. bandel, m., dim. of bande, band: see 
band 2 , and cf. bandore 2 .] 1. A fillet worn 
round the head; a head-band; especially, a 
ribbon worn by girls and women above the 
forehead. 2. A horizontal band or ring form- 
ing a part of the headpiece of armor. 
438 
Around the edge of this c;ip WAS a stilf bandeau of 
leather. Saitt, Ivanhoe. 
banded 1 (ban'ded), p. a. [< band 1 + -ed 2 .] 
Bound or fastened with a band. 
banded-' (bau'ded), p. a. [< band 2 + -ed 2 .'] 
Having bands ; crossed or encircled by a band 
or bands ; specifically, in her. , encircled with a 
band, often of a different color from the sheaf 
or bundle which it surrounds : as, a bundle of 
lances proper, banded gules, or the like Banded 
column. See column.- Banded mall, a kind of mail- 
armor shown in works of art of the thirteenth century, in 
which the rings are arranged in bands running around the 
arms, l>ody, etc. lietween the rows of rings there are 
ridges like slender bars, having apparently the same thick- 
ness as the rings. This mail is found represented not only 
in the miniatures of manuscripts, but also in life-size 
effigies in stone ; but it is not definitely known how it 
was made. Banded 
structure, (a) In 
geol., the structure 
of a rock which is 
more or less dis- 
tinctly divided into 
layers of different 
color, texture, or 
composition. The 
term implies, ordi- 
narily, something 
different from true 
stratification, and is 
applicable chiefly to 
volcanic masses. (6) 
In mineral., the 
structure of a min- 
Banded Structure (i). Onyx. 
eral made up of a series of layers, usually parallel and dif- 
fering in color or texture, as onyx. 
banded 3 (ban'ded), p. a. United as in a band. 
Though banded Europe stood her foes 
The star of Brandenburg arose. 
Scott, Marmion, iii., Int. 
bandelt, handle 1 !, [< OF. bandel, m., ban- 
deU, bandelle, {., dim. of bande, a strip: see 
band 2 . Cf. bandeau.] A swaddling-band. 
bandelet, . Same as bandlet. 
bandeliert, See bandoleer. 
bandelore, n. See bandalore. 
bandert (ban'der), n. One who bands or as- 
sociates with others ; a member of a band or 
confederacy. 
bandoleer 
Indian name of the Mus giganteus of Hard- 
wicke, a large Indian rat, upward of 2 feet 
long including the tail, and weighing 2 or 3 
pounds. It is very abundant in some regions, a great 
pest in the rice-fields and gardens, and is said to be good 
eating. 
2. The Anglo-Australian name of any marsu- 
pial animal of the family Peramelidai. Also 
called bandicoot rat. 
bandie (ban'di), n. [Local So.] The stickle- 
back: a name current around Moray Frith, 
Scotland. 
bandikai (ban'di-ka), n. One of the names of 
the Abelmoschus esculentus. See Abelmoschus. 
handileer (ban-di-ler'), . Same as bandoleer. 
banding-machine (ban'ding-ma-shen"), n. A 
blocking-machine for forming the band of a 
hat. 
handing-plane (ban 'ding-plan), . A plane 
used for cutting out grooves and inlaying 
strings and bands in straight and circular work. 
It bears a general resemblance to the plane 
called a plow. 
banding-ring (ban'ding-ring), n. In hat-mak- 
imj, a ring which passes over the body of a hat, 
keeping it pressed to the hat-block. Its lower 
edge is at the band, or angle formed by the body 
and the brim. 
bandit (ban'dit), n. ; pi. bandits, banditti (ban'- 
dits, ban-dit'i). [Early mod. E. bandetto, later 
banditto, bandito, bandite,ete., pi. bandetti, ban- 
ditti, banditi, banditti/, and with added E. pi. ban- 
ditties, etc.; < It. bandito (pi. banditi), a bandit, 
pp. of bandire, < ML. bandire, bannire, banish, 
outlaw: see ban 1 , banish.] If. An outlaw; one 
who is proscribed. Hence 2. A lawless or 
desperate fellow; a brigand; a robber; espe- 
cially, one of an organized band of lawless ma- 
rauders. 
The Ripon men brought down the half-outlawed bandita 
from the Archbishop's liberty of Tynedale. 
Stubbi, Const. Hist., 696. 
= Sy n. 2. Brigand, etc. See robber. 
bandit t (ban'dit), r. t. To outlaw; proscribe; 
banish. 
banditti,". 1. Plural of bandit, banditto. 2f. 
[Used as a singular.] A band or company of 
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open any communication with any of the lords who may DanOlttOt (ban-ait O), n. ; pi. banditti (-1). [It. 
hum hAMM &MU&M in MM &,*# A KK rt * T vv bandito : see bandit.] A bandit. 
Yorke and his bandera proudly pressed in 
To challenge the crown by title of right. 
Mir. for Mag^., p. 362. 
[Swiss F., = F.ban- 
A Swiss armv com- 
i>|ji n aiij UVUUUUUUMMUUU WMH ttuj ui me jurus wuu luu.y 
have become bander* in the west. Scott, Abbot, I. xx. 
banderet (ban'de-ret), n. 
neret, E. banneret 2 , q. v.] 
mander. 
banderilla (ban-de-rel'ya), n. [Sp., dim. of 
bandera, banner: see banner.] A small dart- 
like javelin ornamented with a banderole, used 
in bull-fights to goad and infuriate the bull. 
banderillero (ban-de-rel-ya'ro), n. [Sp., < ban- 
derilla : see banderilla.] A bull-fighter who 
uses banderillas. 
banderole, banderol (ban'de-rol, -rol), . 
[Early mod. E. also bandrol, bandroll, etc., 
bannerol, banerol, etc., < F. banderole (OF. 
banerolle), < It. banderuola, banderola (= Sp. 
banderola), a little banner, dim. of bandiera 
(= Sp. bandera = F. banniere), a banner: see 
lianner.] 1. A small flag or streamer. Specifi- 
cally (o) A small ornamental streamer carried on the 
shaft of a lance, near the head. 
Then take my banderol of red ; 
Mine, and none but mine, shall honour thee, 
And safe conduct thee. Greene, Orlando Furioso. 
From the extremity . . . fluttered a small banderole or 
streamer bearing a cross. Scott, 
(b) In tier., a streamer affixed immediately beneath the 
crook on the top of the staff of a bishop, and folding over 
the staff, (p) A long narrow streamer with cleft 
ends, carried at the masthead of shins, as in 
battle, etc. 
2. A band of various form adapted to 
receive an inscription, used in deco- 
rative sculpture and other decorative 
art, especially of the Renaissance pe- 
riod. 
Also written bannerol. 
band-fish (band'fish), . An English name of 
(a) the Cepola rubescens, a species of the family 
Cepolida;, more specifically called red band-fish; 
(b) the oar-fish, Regalecus glesne. Also called 
snake-fish. 
handful (band'fiil; by miners, bon'tl), u. [< 
band 2 + -ful 2 .] In coal-mining, a load of men 
carried up or down in the mine by sitting on 
chain-loops attached to the hoisting-rope, as 
was customary before the introduction of the 
cage and man-engine. [S. Staffordshire, Eng.] 
bandicoot (ban'di-kot), n. [Cf. G. bandikut, 
from E. ; said to be a corruption of the Telugu 
n&me pandi-kokku, lit. pig-rat.] 1. The Anglo- 
Heraldic 
Banderole. 
A Roman sworderand banditto [originally printed bandettuj 
slave 
Murther'd sweet Tully. Sltak., 2 Hen. VI., Iv. 1. 
That ruthless hearse of her dear spouse, 
Slain by bandittoes. Chapman, Widow's Tears, iv. 2. 
band-lacing (band 'la* sing), n. Strips of 
leather used in fastening^ together the ends of 
a band or belt used in driving machinery. 
bandie 1 !, See bandel. 
bandie 2 (ban'di), n. [Also sometimes bandal, 
< Ir. and Gael, bannlamh, a cubit, < bann, a 
measure, + lamh, hand, arm.] A lineal mea- 
sure or cloth-measure somewhat more than 
half a yard in length, used in the southern and 
western parts of Ireland. 
handle-linen (ban'dl-lin"en), n. Acoarse home- 
made Irish linen of narrow width. 
bandlet (band'let), n. [< F. bandelette, dim. of 
OF. bandel, a band. Cf. bandeau.] 1. In arch., 
any little band or flat molding, as that which 
crowns the Doric architrave ; a fillet or listel. 
2. A small band for encircling anything: as, 
an india-rubber bandlet. 
Also bandelet. 
band-master (band'mas"ter), n. The leader or 
director of a band of music. 
band-mounting (band'moun'ting), n. In har- 
ness-malting, a style of harness-mounting in 
which the rings are broad and flat with square 
edges. 
band-nippers (band'nip"erz), . sing, and pi. 
An instrument used in bookbinding to draw the 
leather on the back close to the sides of the 
bands. 
bandog (ban'dog), n. [ME. band dogge, etc. ; 
< band 1 + dog.] A large, fierce kind of dog, 
in England generally a mastiff, usually kept 
chained. 
They pray us that it would please us to let them still 
hale us, and worry us with their band-dogs, and Pursui- 
vants. Milton, Ref. in Eng., ii. 
The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large blood- 
hound, tied in a learn or band, from which he takes his 
name. Scott. 
bandoleer (ban-do-ler'), . [Early mod. E. 
also bandoleer, bandeleer, bandileer, -ier, etc., < 
F. bandouillere, now bandouliere, < It. bandoliera 
(= Sp. bandolero), a shoulder-belt, < "bandola 
