bend (1), bende

[From Eng. bend, v. In A.S. bend that which ties, binds, or bends; spec., (1) a band, bond, or ribbon, (2) a chaplet, crown, or ornament; from bind an = to bind. In Dan. band = a band, a company, a bend; Sp. banda a scarf, a side, a bend, a band.] [BEND, V., BAND.] A. Ordinary Language: I. That which is bent: 1. Lit. A bending, a curve, a flexure; an incurvation. "One, however, which was le regular than the others, deviated from a right line, at the most considerable bend , to the amount of thirty-three degrees. -Darwin: Voyage round the World, ch. ifi. *2. Fig .: Purpose, end, turn. (BENT.] "Farewell, poor swain, thou art not for my bend ." Fletcher. * II. That which binds: 1. A band, a bond, a ribbon, a fillet. (0. Eng. & Scotch .) "This is the bend of this blame i bere [in] my nek." Gawayn and the Green Knyght, 2,506. 2. A muffler, a kerchief, a cowl ( Scotch .) It is used in O. Scotch (Jamie son thinks improperly) for a fleece. "Of hir first husband, was ane tempill bet Of marbill, and held in ful grete reuerence, With snaw quhite bend is , carpet tis and ensence.' Doug. Virgil , 116, 4. B. In Cant Language : A pull of liquor. "We'll nae mair o't come gi's the other bend, We'll drink their healths, whatever way it end." Ramsay: Poems, ii. 116. ( Jamie son .) Originally band and bond were the same word. C. Technically: 1. Shipbuilding: (a) Pl .: The crooked timbers which make the ribs or sides of a ship. They are numbered from the water up, as the first, the. second, or the third bend, . The beams, knees, and futtocks are bolted to them. They are more generally called wales (q.v.). (b) The cro section of a building-draft. A bend represents the moulding edge of a frame. 2. Naut.: A knot by which one rope is fastened to another, or to an object, such as a ring, spar, or post. 3. Her.: An ordinary of two kinds, the Bend Dexter and the Bend Sinister . Said to be derived from bend = a border of a woman's cap. (N. of Eng . dialect.) (a) An ordinary formed by two lines drawn acro from the dexter chief to the sinister base point of the escutcheon. Formerly it occupied one-third of the field when charged, and one-fifth when plain; now the latter dimension is almost always adopted. It may po ibly have been originally designed to represent a baldric [BALDRIC], or, in the opinion of some, a scaling-ladder. At first it was a mark of ca- BEND SINISTER. dence; but afterwards it be came an ordinary charge of an honourable kind. "The diminutives of the bend are the bendlet , garter or gartier , which is half its width; the cost or cottice, which is one-fourth; and the riband , which is one eighth."-Glo . of Her. (b) Bend Sinister : An ordinary resembling the bend in form, but extending from the sinister chief to the dexter base. Its diminutives are the scarpe , which is half its width; and the baton , which is half as wide as the scarpe, and couped. In bend: A term used when bearings are placed bendwise. 512 Per bend. [PARTY.] 4. Mining: An indurated argillaceous substance. Crabb thus distinguishes between the terms bend and bent: - "Both are abstract nouns from the verb to bend, the one to expre its proper, and the other its moral application: a stick has a bend ; the mind has a bent. A bend in anything that should be straight is a defect; a bent of the inclination that is not sanctioned by religion is detrimental to a person's moral character and peace of mind." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.)