- (v.t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
- imp. of Bind.
- (v.t.) A continuous tablet, stripe or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color or of brickwork, etc.
- (v.t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament or complete it.
- (v.t.) To unite in a troop, company or confederacy.
- (v.t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
- (v.t.) To mark with a band.
- (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.
- (v.t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- (v.t.) A stripe, streak or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
- (v.t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (v.t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal or academic dress.
- (v.t.) Pledge; security.
- (v.t.) To bandy; to drive away.
- (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.
- (v.t.) A bond.
- (v.t.) To bind or tie with a band.
- (v.i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
- (v.t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- (v.t.) A belt or strap.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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