bench strip (bench strip)

A strip of wood or metal capable of being fixed on a workbench at any required distance from the edge, to a ist in steadying the article or material being IMG:content-1928.png:[graphic][merged small][subsumed][merged small] many medie- Bench-table. - Church of Notre Dame, Chaval churches. bench-vise (bench'vis), n. A vise which may be attached to a bench. bench-warrant (bench'wor"ant), n. In law, a warrant i ued by a judge or court, or by order of a judge or court, for the apprehension of an offender: so called in opposition to a justice's warrant, i ued by an ordinary justice of the peace or police magistrate. Mozley and White ley. bend1 (bend), n. [ In all that rowme was nothing to be seene But huge great yron chests, and coffers strong, All bard with double bends . Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 30. 3. Naut.: (a) That part of a rope which is fastened to another or to an anchor. (b) A knot by which a rope is fastened to another rope or to something else. The different sorts are distinguished as fisherman's bend, carrick bend, etc. See cut under carrick - bend. (c) Ono of the small ropes used to confine the clinch of a cable. (d) pl. The thick planks in a ship's side below the waterways or the gun-deck port sills. More properly called wales. They are reckoned from the water as first, second, or third bend. They have the beams, knees, and foot-hooks bolted to them, and are the chief strength of the ship's sides. 4. [See etym.] The action of bending, or state of being bent or curved; incurvation; flexure: as, to give a bend to anything; to have a bend of the back.-5. An inclination of the body; a bow.-6t. An inclination of the eye; a turn or glance of the eye. leveling-staff.] In surv., a mark cut in stone or some durable material as a starting-point in a line of levels for the determination of altitudes over any region, or one of a number of similar marks made at suitable distances as the survey advances. And that same eye, whose bend doth awe the world, Did lose his lustre. Shak., J. C., 1. 2. Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend , I must have quicker souls. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , i. 3. 8. A part that is bent; a curve or flexure; a crook; a turn in a road or river, etc.: as, the bend of a bow, or of a range of hills. IMG:content-1929.png:[blocks in formation] Our states daily Bending to bad, our hopes to worse. Descend where alleys bend Into the sparry hollows of the world. There is a cliff whose high and bending head Looks fearfully in the confined deep. Shak ., Othello, i. 3. Must we bend to the artist, who considers us as nothing unle we are canvas or marble under his hands? I. D'Israeli , Lit. Char. Men of Genius, p. 145. 5. To spring; bound. Jamie son. [Scotch.] - 6. To drink hard. Jamie son. [Scotch.] To bend to the oars, to row vigorously. bend (bend), n. [ bend , bende , partly bend , a band used as an ornament (a sense of bend , E. bend1 ); partly bende , mod. Fe bande = Pr. bend a = Sp. Pg. vend a and banda = It. bend a , banda , bend a , bind a , OHG. bind a , a band, fillet, tie, mixed with ML. (etc.) banda , bend , etc.: see band2. Bend2 is thus in part historically iden- tical with bend1 , but in part with band2 . The separation is now merely formal.] 1. A band or strip used to bind around anything; a strip, Beau, and Fl . , Phil aster, iv. 1. whether as a fastening or as an ornament; a What, are the hounds before and all the woodmen, Our horses ready and our bows bent ? IMG:content-1930.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To direct to a certain point: as, to bend one's course, way, or steps; to bend one's looks or eyes. Towards Coventry bend we our course. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 8. Southwards, you may be sure, they bent their flight, And harbour'd in a hollow rock at night. Dryden, Hind and Panther, 1. 1747. How sweet are looks that ladies bend On whom their favors fall! A Bend between two Bendlets gules. bendelette, dim. of bende , band. Doublet bandlet.] 1. In her., a bearing of the nature of the bend, but half as wide. Also called garter .-2. A name of the common British sea-ane- mone, Actinia mesembryanthe- mum.- Bendlet sinister, in her . , a bendlet drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base. fillet, strap, bandage, etc.; specifically, a rib- bon or bandeau for the head, used by ladies in Cf. buxom .] Flexible; pliable. [Rare.] the fifteenth century. And on her legs she painted buskins wore, Basted with bends of gold on every side. bendways (bend'waz), adv . Same as bendwise . bendwise (bend'wiz), adv . [ bend2 + wise2.] In her., lying in the direction of the bend: said of any bearing: as, a sword bendwise . 2. Aname in the leather trade for a butt or round- ed crop cut in two; the half of a hide of sole- leather that was trimmed and divided before tanning.-3. In her ., one of the nine ordinaries, consisting of a diagonal band drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base: when charged, it occupies a third of the field; when uncharged, a fifth. Bearings are said to be in bend when they are placed upon the field obliquely in the direction of the bend; the field is said to be divided per bend when divided diagonally in that direction, usually by a straight line, but sometimes a broken line, battled, un- dé, or the like, or by a still more com- plicated mark of division. See bend- wise. Also applied to a row of charges arranged in bend. In bend sinister and per bend sinister are used in a similar way. - Bend archy, in her . , a band differing from the bend in that it is curved toward the sinister chief. Also called bend enarched or bowed.- Bend archy, cor- onetty on the top, in her ., a bend archy having the points or ornaments of a crown on the upper side. This is the well-known bearing of Saxony, which occurs in some English royal arms, notably in those of the present Prince of Wales. Bend arrondi, in her ., a bend having one or both sides broken into concave curves, See gored. benelt, n. bendwitht, n. [ME. benwyt-tre (later var. bene with tre -Prompt. Parv.); perhaps bend1 + with 2 (cf. bind with ); but cf. Sw. ben- ved , dogberry-tree, Icel. bein- vidhr , beinvidhi , ebony (lit. bone- wood); also Icel. beinvidhir , a willow ( Salix arbuscula ), lit. bone-withy.] An old name of a shrub not identified. Its twigs were used to tie up fagots. bendy (ben'di), a. [ bende , F. bandé , pp. of bander , cro with bands: see bend2 .] In her., divided into four or more diagonal parts in the direction of the bend: said of the field. This word is used, no matter how great the number of the divisions, as bendlety and cottisy , which would be the regular forms, are awkward in use. - Bendy barry, in her. See barry bendy , under barry2.- Bendy paly, in her ., divided by lines bendwise and palewise, and there- fore divided into lozenges. bendy-tree (ben'di-tre), n. The Thespesia po- pulnea, an ornamental tree of rapid growth, often planted in gardens and avenues in India. See ben2 . IMG:content-1931.png:[blocks in formation] bend may be double cottised or treble cottised; that is, bene3, n. it may have two or three cottises on each side. - Bend bene-. [L. bene- , sometimes beni- , combining bend3+ (bend), n. bende , var. of bande , a band: see band3 .] An [ band3 . A fayre flocke of faeries, and a fresh bend Of lovely Nymphs. Spenser , Shep. Cal., May. The Duke of Gloucester of his bend . and other Lords, the chief Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xviii. 15. bendable (ben'da-bl), a . [ bend1 + -able .] Capable of being bent; flexible. Sherwood . bende (bend), n. [Origin unknown.] A variety of the abelmoschus, used in cookery. McElrath . bendelt, n. [ME., bendel , bandel, dim. of bende, bande, a band; doublet of bandel, bandeau.] 1. A little band or fillet.-2. In her., a little bend. bender (ben'der), n. 1. One who or that which bends.-2. A sixpence. [Eng. slang.] -3. A leg. [U. S. slang.] Still bent to make some port he knows not where. Shak ., Cymbeline, i. 6. Oh there are words and looks To bend the sternest purpose! Shelley, The Cenci, v. 4. 8. Naut ., to fasten by means of a bend or knot, as one rope to another, or to an anchor; to shackle, as a chain-cable to an anchor.- Bent lever, trimmer, graver, etc. See the nouns. To bend a sail ( naut .), to make it fast to its proper yard, gaff, or stay, ready for setting.- To bend the brow or brows, to knit the brow; scowl; frown. The prospectus [of a new fashionable boarding-school] has been sent to our house. One of the regulations is, "Young ladies are not allowed to cro their benders in school!" Long fellow , Kavanagh, xii. 4. A spree; a frolic. [U. S. slang.] -5. [Cf. bend1, n., 11.] A hard drinker. [Scotch.] Now lend your lungs, ye benders fine, Wha ken the benefit of wine. II. in trans. 1. To be or become curved or crooked. Then was I as a tree Allan Ramsay, Poems, III. 162 (1848). Whose boughs did bend with fruit. Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 3. Bendigo ware. See pottery . Every brain That looks so many fathoms to the sea, And hears it roar beneath , The general's disdain'd Shak., Hamlet, i. 4. By him one step below; he, by the next; That next, by him beneath . Shak., T. and C., L. 3. 2. Below, as opposed to on high , or in heaven or other superior region. Thou shalt not make any likene of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath . Ex. xx. 4. IMG:content-1932.png:[blocks in formation] They sat Beneath a world-old yew-tree, darkening half The cloisters. Tennyson, Holy Grail. 2. Underneath, whether in immediate contact with the under side of, or further down than; lower in place than: as, to place a cushion be neath one; beneath one's feet; beneath the surface: sometimes with verbs of motion: as, he sank beneath the wave. As he was raising his arm to make a blow, an arrow pierced him, just beneath the shoulder, at the open part of the corselet. Irving, Granada, p. 69. 3. Under the weight or pre ure of; under the action or influence of: as, to sink beneath a burden. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. IMG:content-1933.png:[blocks in formation] Atterbury. He had never sullied himself with busine , but had chosen to starve like a man of honour, than do anything beneath his quality. Add is on, Trial of Punctilios. Beneath the saltt, in a subordinate or inferior position. My proud lady Admits him to her table; marry, ever Beneath the salt, and there he sits the subject Of her contempt and scorn. Mas singer, The City Madam, i. 1. =Syn. Under , etc. See below . beneath (bē-nēth'), a. Lower. This beneath world. Shak ., T. of A., i. 1. Benedic (ben'ē-dik), n. [LL., prop. 2d pers. sing. pres. impv. of benedicere , ble : see bene dict.] 1. The canticle beginning in Latin "Benedic, anima mea," and in English "Praise the Lord, O my soul," from Psalm ciii. In the American Prayer-Book it is an alternative of the Deus misereatur (as ordered, in 1886, either of the Nunc dim it tis or Deus misereatur ) at Evening Prayer. 2. A musical setting of this canticle.