bandoleer 
(of. bandolo, head of a skein), dim. of himda 
433 
Sp. banda = F. bande), a baud, sash: see 
luinil 2 .] It. A broad belt or 
baldric worn overthe shoulder 
and across the breast, and 
used for suspending a wallet 
by the side. 
I threw mine arm-., lib- a scarf or 
l.ini'HI, ,,-, cross the lieutenant's mel- 
ancholy boMim. 
Middleton, The Black Book. 
The Baillie now came bustling in. 
in ' 'I i" his blue coat and bautla- 
litfl, and attended by two or three 
halberdiers. Scott, Monastery, I. x. 
Specifically 2. Such a belt 
worn by soldiers; a shoulder- 
belt from which cartridges 
are suspended. 
The dagger is stuck in the sash, and 
a h, n i, /"/'''-I- slung over the shoulders 
Mtrle* their cartridge-case, powder- 
tlask, flint and steel, priming-horn, 
mid other necessaries. 
R. F. Bui-ton, El-Medinah, p. 151. 
Hence 3. A nearly cylindrical case of copper 
or other material formerly used to contain a 
charge of powder. A number of these were slung to 
a baldric or shoulder-belt, and formed the common means 
of charging the harquebuse, or in modern times the 
musket. 
And, as Sym Ilall stood by the fire. 
He lighted the match of his baiulaier. 
Scott, L. of L. M., iii. 21. 
Also spelled bandileer, bandalier, bandelier. 
bandoleer-fruit (ban-do-ler'frot), n. The ber- 
ries of Zanonia Indica, an Indian cucurbita- 
cutting 
_ like a plane-iron, which is held against the 
wheel while the latter is revolving, thus scraping off its 
surface. A narrow upright cutter at the same time forms 
a slight shoulder. 
bandsman 1 (bandz'man), n. ; pi. bantumeu 
(-men). [< band's, poss" of band?, + man.'] In 
mining, a miner who works in connection with 
the band or flat rope by which the coal or other 
mineral is hoisted. 
I r: ..-, i rmnenu IN iiuiateu. 
ceous vine bearing a fleshy fruit with winged j, an( } 8man 2 (bandz'man), n. ; pi. bandsmen 
seeds. (-men) [X band's, poss. of bands, + man.'] A ban 
bandoline (ban'do-lin), n. [Origin obscure ; j^g^ $ lay ' 8 ? n a band . 
appar. a trade-name, perhaps based on Sand*.] b an( l-spectrum (band'spek'trum), . A spec- 
A gummy perfumed substance, originally p trum ,f ons ig t i n g o f a number of bright bands. 
tained mainly from quince-seeds, used to un- g ee S p ec t rum- 
jjj^gtar (band'ster), n. [< band 1 , r., + -ster.] 
j n England, one who binds sheaves after reap- 
bane 
4. To give and take ; exchange, especially con- 
tentiotisly: as, to lt<in<li/ compliments; to baiu/i/ 
words, reproaches, etc. 
Do you iKiinlfi looks with me, yon ra^.il- 
Stink., Lear, i. 4. 
I'll not bi'inl't 
Words with y.mr nilglithn >-. 
Mangimjer, Emperor of the East, iv. 3. 
Mischief, spirit, and glee sparkled all over her face as 
she thus banaifil words uith the old Cos-nek, who almost 
tonally enjoyed the tilt. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xii. 
5t. To discuss ; debate. 
(i, what a thing is man, 
To bandy faction^ "i <li-t< mp.-i-'d passions 
Against the sacred Providence above him ! 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, v. 1. 
6t. To band together; league: chiefly reflexive. 
All the kings of the earth bandy themselves to fight witli 
him. llu.,hfi, SalnU Losse (163:!), p. 38. (.V. E. !>.} 
II. in trans. It. To bound, as a ball that i.s 
struck. 2t. To form a band or league. 3. 
To contend; strive, whether in emulation or 
in enmity. 
One fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. 
SAa*.,Tit. And., i. i. 
bandy 1 (ban'di), n. [< bandy 1 , i: ; appar. for 
liitnilii-dub, club used at bandy; but see bandy 1 , 
a.] It. A particular manner of playing tennis, 
the nature of which is not now known. 2t. 
A stroke with a racket, or a ball so struck ; 
a return at tennis. N. E. D. 3. A game 
Slaved with a bent club, better known as 
ockey, and, in the United States, shinny 
(which see). 4. A club bent at the end, used 
in ths game of hockey or bandy-ball ; a shinny 
part glossiness to the hair, or to fix it in any 
particular form. 
bandoline (ban'do-lin), v. ; pret. and pp. bando- 
lined, ppr. banddlining. [< bandoline, n.] I. 
(ban'di), a. [Appar. attrib. use of 
bandy 1 , n., a bent club, but some refer both to 
F. bande, pp. of bander, bend a bow, < bande, a 
band. The second sense seems to rest on 
bend 1 .] 1. Having a bend or crook outward: 
said of a person's legs: as, his legs are quite 
bandy. 
Nor make a scruple to expose 
Your bandy leg, or crooked nose. 
band-String (baud'strmg), n. One Of the laces Swift, Furniture of a Woman's Mind, 
used in securing the bands formerly worn t. Limp; without sufficient substance: said 
round the neck. They were usually tied in a large o f bad c f o th. 
bow in front, and often had rich tassels and even jewels |, an( Jy2 (ban'di), <J. [< band 2 + -y ; but cf. F. 
at the ends. bande, pp. of bander, bend, and bendy.] Marked 
If he should go Into Fleet street, and sit upon a Stall . , j srrinps 
and twirl a BamWrinff, ... then all the Boys in the Street Wltn Danas or stnpes. /mi 
would laugh at him. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 86. bandy 3 (ban'di), n. [Anglo-Ind., < Telugu 
went away and with Mr Creed to the Exchange, and bandi, Tamil vandi, vandil] A kind of cart or 
much used in India. See extracts. 
in bands or companies. 
The practice of band-trork, or comradeship, the organic bandy-ball (ban'di-bal), n. [< bandy 1 , n., 
, 
action of society, has so moulded the nature of man as to 
ined, ppr. . . 
tniiix. To apply bandoline to, as the hair; ren- 
der stiff, as tne mustache, by applying bando- 
line. 
II. intrans. To apply bandoline to the hair. 
Dickens. 
bandont, n. [Early mod. E., < ME. bandon, 
bandoun, bandun, etc., < OF. bandon, < ML. 
*bando(n-) for bandum, bannum, proclamation, 
command, edict, ban : see ban 1 , n.. and cf . aban- Pfpytt tnkry, 1. 173. 
don.] Jurisdiction ; power of disposal ; dis- j, and _ w h ee i (band 'hwel), n. 1. Tnmach., same 
cretion. band-pulley. 2. A small wheel with a 
bandont, . t [Early mod E< late ME ban- ed rf driven b a round beU or 
done, by apheresis for abandon, q. v.] lo awheel round which a band-saw 
abandon. turns 
S^SS: or JWSBSCga wssssS'' 1 ' Co8peration; work 
bandola, formerly pandurria, = Pg. bandurra = 
It. mandora ("> F. mandore) and mandola (dim. 
mandolino, y E. mandoline), and pandora, pan- 
dura ; variously corrupted (as also E. banjo, q. 
v.), < LL. pandura, pandurium, < Gr. iravAovpa, 'bandv 1 (ban'di), v. ; pret. and 
also (pdvtiovpa, a musical instrument with three 
strings.] An old variety of the zither. Also 
called bandalore. 
Sound lute, bandora, gittem, 
Viol, virginals, and cittern. 
Middleton, Your Five Gallants, v. 2. 
bandore 2 t, n. [For "bando, i. e., bandeau, < F. 
bandeau, a band, in the particular sense of a 
widow's head-dress : see bandeau.] A widow's 
veil for covering the head and face. Prior. 
band-pulley (band'pul'i), n. 
A flat or slightly crown-faced 
pulley. Also called band- 
wheel. 
band-robin (band'rob'in), n. 
In hat-making, a piece of cloth 
saturated with cement, bound 
and ironed around the body 
of a hat to hold the brim firm- 
ly in its place. 
bandrolt, . An obsolete form 
of banderole. 
band-saw (band'sa), n. An endless narrow 
baud or ribbon of steel with a serrated edge, 
passing over two large wheels, which give a 
continuous uniform motion instead of the re- 
ciprocating action of the jig-saw. It was in- 
vented by William Newberry of London. Also 
called belt-saic and endless saw. 
band-setter (band'set'er), . A tool used for 
shaving off the surface of a band-wheel so that 
the band-saw can be forced on. It has a broad 
A buggy being a oue-horse vehicle . . . (at Madras they 
call it a bandv). 
Stocqueler, Handbook of Brit. India, p. 109. (N. E. D.) 
The framework of bandies is made of light wood, but of 
wood as strong as possible. Above it is spread a semicir- 
cular awning of bamboos supporting mats of cloth or can- 
vas. The bandy is a cross-country vehicle, and as a rule 
possesses no springs of any kind. The conveyance Is 
dragged by oxen. Caldwell 
j, a lll 1 1 The ball used in the game of bandy 
or hockey,-a. The game^itself. 
knees turned in. Mayhew. 
-legged (ban'di-legd or -leg'ed), a. [< 
" t., + leg + -ed 2 .] Having bandy or 
legs; bow-legged. 
D. (ban'di-man), n.: pi. handymen 
^ [< bandy 3 + man.] In British India, 
a man engaged in driving a bandy. 
bandy 1 (ban'di), v. ; pret. and pp, 
ppr. bandying. [First in Elizabethan K, also 
written bandie, and less commonly but more 
reg. band (the term, -ie, -y being irreg., and due 
perhaps to the Sp. Pg. bande-ar), < F. bander, 
bandy at tennis, refl. band together, join in a 
league (= Sp. Pg. bandear, refl. band together, 
form a party or side, = It. bandare, "to side or 
bandy" Florio), appar. the same as bander, 
tie with a band, < bande (= Sp. Pg. It. banda), a 
band, side, party, E. band 2 , mixed with bande = gfnipiy the old Tamilian one. Caldwell. 
Sp. It. banda, a band, company, troop, E. band*. fe t (bn) r Earl mod- E a i so legg p,.^ 
The senses 'throw from side to side' (from bain a in < ME. bane! < A S. bana, bona, a 
touP) and ' band together' (from band) appear gl ' f murderer _ QS. bano - OFries. bona = 
to meet in the sense f contend, strive. ] I. trans. o g Q 6fl MHG. bane, ban = Icel. bani = Sw. 
1. To throw or strike to and fro, or from side Dan 6an ' deatn mu rder (not in Goth); akin 
to side, as a ball in play. 
Tennis balls bandied and struck upon us ... by rackets 
from without. Cudtmrth, Intellectual System, p. 845. 
To fly sublime 
Thro' the courts, the camps, the schools, 
Is to be the ball of Time, 
Hi i iuli' 1 1 by the hands of fools. 
Tennyson, Vision of Sin. 
2t. To toss aside ; drive or send off. 
If the Earth had been bandied out of one Vortex into 
another. Dr. H. More, Div. Dial., i. 17. (.V. E. D.) 
3. To toss about, as from man to man ; pass 
from one to another, or back and forth. 
Let not . . . known truth 
tion. 
But now her wary ears did hear 
The new king's name bandied from mouth to mouth. 
WiOta 
to AS. benn = Icel. ben = Goth, banja, a wound, 
#, killing, murder, (povei-f, a slayer, 
(aor. cireijivov, irt<tn>e/iv), slay ; 
be bandied in disputa- 
Watt. 
.Worm, Earthly Paradise, III. 276. 
cf. / V, slay, ?<ITOC, verbal adj. in comp., 
slain.] It. A slayer or murderer; a worker 
of death, as a man or an animal. 
He overcame this beeste and was his bane. 
Chatuer, Good Women, 1. 2147. 
Lest Rome herself be bane unto herself, 
And she ... 
Do shameful execution on herself. 
Shak., Tit. And., v. S. 
2. That which causes death or destroys life ; 
especially, poison of a deadly quality. 
A sword and a dagger he wore by his side, 
Of manye a man the bane. 
Robin Hood, in Percy's Rellquem. 
