Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BANDIAN

BAN'DIAN, noun The seed of a tree in China, which smells like anise seeds; used by the Chinese and Dutch to give their tea an aromatic taste.

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BANDIED

BAND'IED, participle passive Beat or tossed to and fro; agitated; controverted without ceremony.

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BANDING

BAND'ING, participle present tense Binding with a band; uniting in a band or company.

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BANDIT

BAN'DIT, nounpluralBAN'DITS or BANDIT'TI, An outlaw; also in a general sense, a robber; a highwayman; a lawless or desperate fellow.

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BANDLE

BAN'DLE, noun An Irish measure of two feet in length.

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BANDLET

BAND'LETBAN'DOG, n, A large species of dog.

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BANDOG

BAN'DOG,n, A large species of dog.

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BANDOLEERS

BANDOLEE'RS, noun A large leathern belt, thrown over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left arm; worn by ancient musketeers for sustaining their fire arms, and their mus...

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BANDON

BAN'DON, noun Disposal; license. [Not in use.]

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BANDORE

BAN'DORE, noun A musical stringed instrument, like a lute.

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BANDROL

BAND'ROL, noun1. A little flag or streamer, in form of a guidon, used to be hung on the masts of vessels.2. The little fringed silk flag that hangs on a trumpet.

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BANDSTRING

BAND'STRING, noun A string appendant to a band.

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BANDY

BAND'Y, noun [Latin pando.] A club for striking a ball at play.BAND'Y, verb transitive To beat to and fro, as a ball in play.2. To exchange; to give and receive reciprocally; as...

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BANDY-LEGGED

BAND'Y-LEGGED, adjective Having crooked legs.

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BANDYING

BAND'YING, participle present tense Beating, impelling or tossing from one to another; agitating in controversy without ceremony.BAND'Y-LEG, noun [bandy and leg. See Bend.]A cro...

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BANE

BANE, noun [Gr. is to kill; in Latin venenum is poison.]Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury or destruction; as, vice is the bane of society.BA...

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BANEBERRY

BA'NEBERRY, noun A name of the herb christopher, actaea, or aconitum racemosum.

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BANEFUL

BA'NEFUL, adjective Poisonous; pernicious; destructive.

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BANEFULLY

BA'NEFULLY, adverb Perniciously; destructively.

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BANEFULNESS

BA'NEFULNESS, noun Poisonousness; destructiveness.BA'NE WORT, noun [See Wort.] A plant, called also deadly nightshade.

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BANG

BANG, verb transitive1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to thump; to cudgel. [A low word.]2. To beat or handle roughly; to treat with violence.BANG, noun A blow with a club; ...

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BANGLE

BAN'GLE, verb transitive To waste by little and little; to squander carelessly.

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BANIAN

BAN'IAN, noun A man's undress or morning gown, as worn by the Banians in the E. Indies.2. A Gentoo servant, employed as an agent in commerce.3. A tree in India.Banian days, in s...

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BANISH

BAN'ISH, verb transitive1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the prince or government, either for life or for a limited time. It is common f...

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BANISHED

BAN'ISHED, participle passive Compelled to leave one's country; driven away.

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BANISHER

BAN'ISHER, noun One who compels another to quit his country.

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BANISHING

BAN'ISHING, participle present tense Compelling to quit one's country; driving away.