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Ban
() To curse; to swear.
Ban
() An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
Banal
() Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Banalities
() of Banality
Banality
() Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
Banana
() A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Banat
() The territory governed by a ban.
Banc
() Alt. of Bank
Bancus
() Alt. of Bank
Bank
() A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Banco
() A bank, especially that of Venice.
Band
() 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
() A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
Band
() In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
Band
() That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
Band
() A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Band
() Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
Band
() A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
Band
() A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
Band
() 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
() A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
Band
() A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
Band
() A belt or strap.
Band
() A bond
Band
() Pledge; security.
Banded
() of Band
Banding
() of Band
Band
() To bind or tie with a band.
Band
() To mark with a band.
Band
() To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
Band
() To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
Band
() To bandy; to drive away.
Band
() imp. of Bind.
Bandage
() A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
Bandage
() Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
Bandaged
() of Bandage
Bandaging
() of Bandage
Bandage
() To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
Bandala
() A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
Bandanna
() Alt. of Bandana
Bandana
() A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.
Bandana
() A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
Bandbox
() A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
Bandeaux
() of Bandeau
Bandeau
() A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
Bandelet
() Alt. of Bandlet
Bandlet
() A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.
Bander
() One banded with others.
Banderole
() Alt. of Bandrol
Bandrol
() A little banner, flag, or streamer.