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Bible Dictionaries
Band
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
(2):
(v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
(3):
(v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
(4):
(v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(5):
(v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
(6):
(v. t.) 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.
(7):
(v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
(8):
(v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
(9):
(v. t.) 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.
(10):
(v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
(11):
(v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
(12):
(v. t.) A belt or strap.
(13):
(v. t.) A bond
(14):
imp. of Bind.
(15):
(v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
(16):
(v. t.) Pledge; security.
(17):
(v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
(18):
(v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.
(19):
(v. t.) To mark with a band.
(20):
(v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Band'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/band.html. 1828.
