bank1 (bangk)

[ IMG:content-1633.png:[blocks in formation] To bank a fire, to cover up a fire with ashes, and use other means, as closing the dampers and ash-pit door, to make it burn low and at the same time to prevent its becoming extinguished. Towards the afternoon a nice breeze sprang up, and we were able to bank fires and sail. Lady Bra ey, Voyage of Sunbeam, I. i. To bank out, in coal- mining, to stack, as coal, on the surface, in default of means for removing it. [Eng.] II. in trans. 11. To border upon.-2. To impinge upon the banking-pins of a watch: said of the escapement.