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Band

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Band - Pledge; security.

Band - To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Band - imp. of Bind.

Band - 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.

Band - That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Band - To mark with a band.

Band - A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

Band - 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.

Band - A belt or strap.

Band - A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

Band - To bandy; to drive away.

Band - Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Band - In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Band - A bond

Band - A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Band - To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Band - To bind or tie with a band.

Band - A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

Band - A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

Band - A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.


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