Bank , v. i. (Aëronautics)
To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.
Bank , n. (Aëronautics) The lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a
bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.
Bank , n. A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank
of electric lamps,
etc.
Bank , v. i. 1. To
keep a bank;
to carry on
the business of a banker.
2. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
Bank , v. t. To deposit in a
bank. Johnson.
Bank , n. [F. banque, It. banca,
orig. bench, table, counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank bench, OHG. banch. See
Bench, and cf. Banco, Beach.]
1. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing
one or more
of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
3. A fund
from deposits or contributions,
to be used in
transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.]
Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man
be master of his own money.
Bacon.
4.
(Gaming) The sum of money
or the checks which the dealer or banker has as
a fund, from
which to draw his stakes and pay his
losses.
5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces
from which the players are allowed to draw.
Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the
required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a certain extent agreed upon. -- Bank of deposit, a bank which
receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.
Bank , n. [Prob. fr. F. banc. Of German origin, and akin to E. bench. See Bench.]
1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of
oars.
Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep
Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.
Waller.
2.
(Law) (a)
The bench or seat upon
which the judges sit. (b) The regular term of a court of law,
or the full
court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at
Nisi Prius, or a court held
for jury trials. See Banc.
Burrill.
3. (Printing) A sort of table
used by printers.
4.
(Music) A bench, or row
of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. Knight.
Bank , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(bă&nsm;kt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Banking.]
1. To raise a mound or dike
about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. "Banked well with earth." Holland.
2. To heap or pile
up; as, to
bank sand.
3. To pass by the
banks of. [Obs.] Shak.
To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.
Bank (bă&nsm;k),
n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
bakki. See Bench.]
1. A mound, pile,
or ridge of
earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound
or ridge of
earth; as, a
bank of clouds; a bank of
snow.
They cast up
a bank against the city.
2 Sam. xx.
15.
2. A steep acclivity, as the slope
of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
3. The margin of
a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
Tiber trembled underneath her banks.
Shak.
4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
5.
(Mining) (a) The face of the coal at which
miners are working.
(b) A deposit of ore or coal,
worked by excavations above water level. (c) The ground at the
top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
Bank beaver (Zoöl.),
the otter. [Local, U.S.] --
Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow
(Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.
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