Band , imp. of Bind. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Band , v. t. To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]
Band , v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
Certain of the Jews banded together.
Acts xxiii.
12.
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 against his throne." Milton.
Banded architrave, pier,
shaft, etc. (Arch.), an architrave, pier, etc., of which the
regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right angles.
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. In sense 7, at
least, it is
fr. F. bande, from OHG.
bant. √90. See Bind, v. t., and cf. Bend, Bond, 1st Bandy.]
1. 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.
Every one's bands were loosed.
Acts xvi. 26.
2. (Arch.) (a)
A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of
ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. (b) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of
moldings, which encircles the
pillars and small
shafts.
3. That which serves as the means of union or connection between
persons; a tie. "To join in Hymen's bands."
Shak.
4. A linen collar or ruff worn
in the 16th and 17th centuries.
5.
pl. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck
in front as
part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
6. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. "Band and gusset and seam." Hood.
7. A company of persons united in any
common design, especially a body of armed
men.
Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot.
Shak.
8. 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.
9. (Bot.)
A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
10. (Zoöl.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
11. (Mech.) A belt or strap.
12. A bond. [Obs.] "Thy oath and
band." Shak.
13.
Pledge; security. [Obs.] Spenser.
Band saw, a saw in the form of an endless steel belt, with teeth on
one edge, running over wheels.
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