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Bandolier: Definition and part of speech

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Bandolier

  1. n. One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried.
  2. n. A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bandlet: Definition and part of speech

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Bandlet

  1. n. A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bandy: Definition and part of speech

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Bandy

  1. n. A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
  2. n. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
  3. v. t. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
  4. v. t. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
  5. v. i. To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.