banel (ban)

[Early mod. E. also, le prop., bain, baine; Gr. φόνος, φονή, killing, murder, φονεύς, a slayer, murderer, *φεν (aor. ἔπεφνον, ἔπεφνον, πεφνέμεν), slay; cf. ✓ *pa, slay, φατός, verbal adj. in comp., slain.] 1. A slayer or murderer; a worker of death, as a man or an animal. He overcame this beeste and was his bane . Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 2147. Lest Rome herself be bane unto herself, And she Do shameful execution on herself. Shak., Tit. And., v. 3. 2. That which causes death or destroys life; especially, poison of a deadly quality. A sword and a dagger he wore by his side, Of man ye a man the bane . Robin Hood, in Percy's Reliques. Hence-3. Any fatal cause of mischief, injury, or destruction: as, vice is the bane of society. Bane of the poor! it wounds their weaker mind To mi one favour which their neighbours find. Crabbe, The Parish Register. Thoughts with better thoughts at strife, The most familiar bane of life. 'Twas over the head, he fell down for dead, O, that was a damnable bang ! Robin Hood and the Ranger , in Child's Ballads, V. 209. I heard several bangs or buffets. given to the eagle that held the ring of my box in his beak. Swift , Gulliver's Travels. 2. A loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the dis- Words worth, Sequel to Beggars. charge of a gun or cannon, the slamming of a IMG:content-1624.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1625.png:[blocks in formation] bane2 (bān), n. Scotch form of bone1 . bane3t, n. An obsolete form of ban1 , especially in plural banes , now banns (which see). banet, a. An obsolete form of bain1 . bane5t, n. and v. An obsolete form of bain2 . baneberry (bān'ber'i), n. [ bane1 + berryl .] The common name of plants of the genus Actœa : so called because of their nauseous poisonous berries. Also called herb -christopher. baneful (bān'fül), a. [ bane1 + -ful.] De- structive; pernicious; poisonous: as, “ baneful wrath," Chapman , Iliad, i. 1; " baneful hem- lock," Garth , The Dispensary, ii. Like baneful herbs the gazer's eye they seize, Rush to the head, and poison where they please. IMG:content-1626.png:[blocks in formation] bang1 (bang), adv . [Adverbial use of bang1 , v . or n.] With a sudden or violent blow or clap; bang-up (bang'up), a. or adv . [ bang1 , v. or all of a sudden; abruptly: especially with come or go : as, bang went the guns. IMG:content-1627.png:[blocks in formation] (b) To dock (a horse's tail). bang2 (bang), n. [ bang2 , v.] The front hair cut so as to hang evenly over the forehead: often in the plural: as, to wear bangs . bang3, n. See bhang . bang-beggar (bang beg"är), n. [ bang1 , v ., + obj. beggar .] 1. A strong staff. - 2. A const a- ble or beadle. [Scotch and prov. Eng.] banger (bang'er), n. One who or that which bangs. Specifically-(a) Something very large; espe- cially, a lie. [Slang.] (b) A large, heavy cane. [Slang, U. S.] bangerts (ban'gėrts), n. [E. dial., po ibly connected with bank1 .] In mining , a coarse kind of stopping used to hold up the earth. [Eng.] banghy (bang'i), n. [Hind. bang hi .] 1. In the East Indies, a sort of bamboo pole or yoke carried on a person's shoulder with a load sus- pended at each end. Hence-2. A parcel- post; a carrier. banghy-post (bang'i-post), n. Same as bang- hy, 2. banghy-wallah (bang'i-wal"ä), n. [ bang hi (see banghy ) + -wālā (in comp.), -man.] In British India, one who carries a banghy. banging (bang'ing), a. [Prop. ppr. of bang1 . Cf. thumping, whopping .] Huge; great; sur- pa ing in size. [Vulgar.] banglelt (bang'gl), v . [Prob. freq. of bang1 , v.] I. trans . 1. To beat about or down, as corn by the wind. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To waste by lit- tle and little; squander carele ly; fritter. If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. Whole Duty of Man . II. in trans. 1. In falconry , to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.-2. y.-2. To flap flap or hang down loosely, as a The desperate tempest hath so bang'd the Turks That their designment halts. Shak ., Othello, ii. 1. hat-brim or an animal's ear. What galleys have we bang'd , and sunk, and taken, Whose only fraughts were fire and stern defiance. IMG:content-1628.png:[blocks in formation] bangle2 (bang'gl), n. [ bangri , a brace- let of gla .] 1. An ornamental ring worn upon the arms and ankles in India and Af- rica. Hence- 2. A bracelet without a clasp; a ring-bracelet, generally with Bangles from East India Museum, London. small ornaments suspended from it. We hear too often of Bertha's various dre es, and a great deal too much of her bangles . The American , VI. 124. The maid and page renew'd their strife, The palace bang'd and buzz'd and clackt. Tennyson , Day-Dream. The very first blow that the forester gave, He made his broad weapon cry twang; A loose, hanging ear, as of a dog. It is re- garded as an imperfection. bangle-eared (bang'gl-erd), a . [Also bangled- eared ; as bangle - ear + -ed2 .] Flap-eared, like a spaniel. banglingt (bang'gling), n. [Verbal n. of ban- gleI, v.] Contention; squabbling. Bang or i an (bang-go'ri-an), a. [ Bangor , a bishop's see. The name is W., lit. 'high peak,' ban , peak, prominence, + gor , high.] Relat- ing to Bangor, a bishop's see in North Wales.- Bang or i an controversy, a controversy stirred up by a sermon preached before George I. on March 31, 1717, by Dr. Hoadly, bishop of Bangor, from the text "My kingdom is not of this world," from which the bishop argued that Christ had not delegated judicial and disciplinary powers adv . , implying energy or dash, + up , implying completene .) In fine style; in the best man- ner; complete; perfect: as, a bang - up enter- tainment; "task bang -up," Scott , Diary, Sept. 8, 1826 (in Lockhart's Life). [Slang.] bangy, n. See banghy . banian1, banyanı (ban'ian), n. [Formerly also bannian , annian , bannyan , baniane ; = F. banian , banian , prob., through Ar. banyan , banya (also banik ), Beng. baniya , banya , benya , a trader, merchant, Gujarati vaniyo , a man of the trading caste, vanij , a merchant, po ibly pan , buy, bargain.] 1. A Hindu trader or merchant, especially of the province of Guzerat; one engaged in commerce gener- ally, but more particularly one of the great traders of western India, as in the seaports of Bombay, Kurrachee, etc., who carry on a large trade with the interior of Asia by means of car a- vans, and with Africa by ve els. They form a IMG:content-1629.png:[graphic][merged small] IMG:content-1630.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] ing ground, eminence; with weak suffix, cognate with AS. benc , etc., E. bench , with orig. strong suffix: see bench . You have already banished slavery from this commonwealth. Sumner , Arg. against Sep. Colored Schools. =Syn. Banish , Exile , Expel , expatriate, put away, are all used of removal by physical or moral compulsion; they all have a figurative as well as a literal use. To banish is, literally, to put out of a community or country by ban or civil interdict, and indicates a complete removal out of sight, perhaps to a distance. To exile is simply to cause to leave one's place or country, and is often used reflexively; it emphasizes the idea of leaving home, while ban ish emphasizes rather that of being forced by some authority to leave it: as, the bitterne of exile ; banished to Siberia. Expel , literally, to drive out, means primarily to cast out forcibly and violently, and secondarily with disgrace: as, to expel from the chamber, or from col. lege; he was expelled the country. Banished from Rome! what's banished but set free From daily contact with the things I loathe? Croly, Cat i line. The intrigues of Richelieu compelled her [Mary of Medicis] to exile herself, and live an unhappy fugitive. I. D'Israeli, Cups of Lit., I. 256. When the French Revolution of February, 1848, broke out, Marx was expelled without circumstance from Brus Rae , Contemp. Socialism, p. 132. banisher (ban'ish-ėr), n. One who banishes. sels. To be full quit of those my banishers Stand I before thee here. Shak ., Cor., iv. 5.