Ban"dy , a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.
Ban"dy , v. i. To contend, as at some game
in which each strives to drive the ball his own
way.
Fit
to bandy with thy lawless sons.
Shak.
Ban"dy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandied (-d&ibreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bandying.]
1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
Like tennis balls bandied
and struck upon us . . . by
rackets from without.
Cudworth.
2. To give and receive reciprocally;
to exchange. "To bandy hasty words." Shak.
3.
To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation.
I.
Watts.
Ban"dy , n.; pl.
Bandies (-d&ibreve;z). [Cf. F. bandé, p. p. of bander to bind, to bend
(a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See Band, n.]
1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
Johnson.
2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
Ban"dy (băn"d&ybreve;), n. [Telugu ba&nsdot;&dsdot;i.]
A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
Hear it pronounced