Bannock fluke

A Scotticism for the turbot. Banns, n. pl. [See BAN.] ( Eng. Law.) A public notice or proclamation, made in a church, of the names and designations of persons about to be married; the object being that those who have objections to the marriage may have an opportunity of stating them. The proclamation must be made on three succe ive Sun days during the time of the celebration of public worship.- See MAR RIAGE. Banquet, ( bǎnk'wet ,) n. [Fr. banquet , from banque , a bank, a bench, a table.] A repast; a feast; a sumptuous feast or entertainment; anything delightful. ( Arch .) [Fr. banquette .] The footway of a bridge, when raised above the carriage-way. ( Man . ) A small rod-shaped part of the bridle under the eye of the horse. -v. a. To treat with a feast or sumptuous entertainment. "They were banqueted by the way."-Hayward. -v. n. To fare sumptuously; to regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. "The mind shall banquet , though the body pine."-Shaks. Banqueter, n. A person who banquets; one who feasts, or provides a feast. Ban'queting-house or room. An apartment, or spacious room or place, in which banquets are held. "At the walk's end behold, how raised on high A banquet-house salutes the southern sky."-Dryden. Banquette, ( bang - ket ' ,) n. [Fr.] ( Fort .) A step or small terrace of earth constructed along the inner side of a parapet, for musketeers to stand upon when the parapet is too high to fire over. It is usually made about 4 feet wide, and raised to within 42 feet of the crest of the parapet. Banquo, a famous Scottish thane of the 11th cent. In conjunction with Macbeth, cousin of Duncan the king, he obtained a victory over the Danes, who had landed on the Scottish coast. Macbeth, shortly afterwards, violently dethroned Duncan, and caused him to be secretly a a inated. B. , though not an accomplice, was a witne of the crime; and being consequently regarded by Macbeth with fear and suspicion, the latter invited him and his son to supper, and hired a a ins to attack them on their return home during the darkne of night. В. was slain, but the youth made his escape. Shakspeare has interwoven this transaction with the theme of his celebrated tragedy of Macbeth .