Bambino (2)
‖Bam‐bi″no (?), n.; It. pl.-ni (#). A child or baby; specif., a representation in art of the infant Christ.
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Bambocciade
Bam‐boc′ci‐ade″ (�), n. [It. bambocciata, fr. Bamboccio a nickname of Peter Van Laer, a Dutch genre painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet, fr. bambo silly.] (Paint.) A r...
Bamboo
Bam‐boo″ (băm‐bo͞o″), n. [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.☞ The most useful species is Bambusa aru...
Bamboo (2)
Bam‐boo″, v. t. To flog with the bamboo.
Bamboozle
Bam‐boo″zle (–z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bamboozled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bamboozling (�).] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug...
Bamboozler
Bam‐boo″zler (băm‐bo͞o″zlẽr), n. A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. Arbuthnot.
Ban
‖Ban (băn), n. A kind of fine muslin, made in the East Indies from the fiber of the banana leaf stalks.
Ban (2)
Ban (băn), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. φάναι to say,...
Ban (3)
Ban, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Banned (bănd); p. pr. & vb. n.Banning.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna t...
Ban (4)
Ban, v. i. To curse; to swear. Spenser.
Ban (5)
Ban, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master, lord, Per. ban.] An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and ...
Banal
Ban″al (�), a. [F., fr. ban an ordinance.] Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Banality
Ba‐nal″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Banalities (�). [F. banalité. See Banal.] Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.The highest things were thus brought d...
Banana
Ba‐na″na (bȧ‐nä″nȧ; 277), n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.☞ Th...
Banana solution
Ba‐na″na so‐lu″tion. A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it ...
Banat
Ban″at (�), n. [Cf. F. & G. banat. See Ban a warden.] The territory governed by a ban.
Banc
{ Banc (�), ‖Ban″cus (�), Bank (�), } n. [OF. banc, LL. bancus. See Bank, n.] A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.In banc, In banco (th...
Bancal
‖Ban‐cal″ (?), n.; pl. -cales (#). [Sp., fr. banca, banco, bench. Cf. Bench.] An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
Banco
‖Ban″co (�), n. [It. See Bank.] A bank, especially that of Venice.☞ This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, wh...
Band
Band (bănd), n. [OE. band, bond, Icel. band; akin to G., Sw., & D. band, OHG. bant, Goth. bandi, Skr. bandha a binding, bandh to bind, for bhanda, bhandh, also to E. bend, bind....
Band (2)
Band (bănd), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Banded; p. pr. & vb. n.Banding.] 1. To bind or tie with a band.2. To mark with a band.3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. “Banded ag...
Band (3)
Band, v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.Certain of the Jews banded together.Acts xxiii. 12.
Band (4)
Band, v. t. To bandy; to drive away.
Band (5)
Band, imp. of Bind. Spenser.
Band fish
Band″ fish′ (�). (Zoöl.) A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
Bandage
Band″age (bănd″ā̍j), n. [F. bandage, fr. bande. See Band.] 1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.2. Something resembling a bandage;...
Bandage (2)
Band″age, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bandaged (–ā̍jd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bandaging (bănd″ā̍‐jĭng).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.