bank swallow

Ornith.: A name for the Sand-martin ( Hirundo riparia . ) [BANK-MARTIN.] bănk, v.t. & i. [From bank , s.] A. Transitive : 1. To pa by the banks or mounds of. "... as I have banked their towns." Shakesp.: King John, v. 2. 2. To place in a banking establishment which invites the deposit of money. (Johnson.) 3. To surround with a bank; to embank, to fortify with earthworks. (Johnson.) To bank up a fire is to cover it thickly with slack coal, which will keep alight but burn slowly, as is done by engineers leaving work for a time. B. In trans.: To place money in a bank. bănk-a-ble, a. [Eng. bank ; able .] Of such a character as to be capable of being received at a bank. ( Webster .) băńked, pa. par. & a. [BANK, v.] bǎnk'-er (1), * băng'-uěr ( u silent), *bănc'qwer ( Eng . ), bănk-er, *băńk'-ŭre (Scotch), s. [In Fr. banquier = a bench-cloth.] [BANK, 8.] I. Of a literal bench or seat: 1. A cushion or covering for a seat "One docer and a new banoqwer, "-Cockyn: Will of Wm. Askame (1389). Testam. Ebor., p. 129. The form banker appears in Prompt . Parv. (1440). It is still in use as a technical word among artisans. 2. A stone bench on which masons place the block of stone on which they are operating. 3. A bench used in bricklaying for preparing the bricks for gauged work. II. Of that which pertains to anything in nature in form like such a bench or seat: A ve el used for cod-fishing on the banks of Newfoundland.