bendel

[From O. Fr. bandel.] A bendlet. ( Scotch.) "With three gryffouns depaynted wel, And, off asur, a fayr bendel ." běnd'-ěr, s. [Eng. bend; -er.] Richard , 2,964 I. He or she who bends any person or thing. 1. Gen. In the foregoing sense. "The eugh, obedient to the bender's will." Spenser: F. Q., I. 1. 9. IMG:content-1227.png:[blocks in formation] běndą, s. pl. běnd-ỹ, a. C. 3.] [BEND, S., C., I. (a).] [Eng. bend; -y.] [BEND, 8., Her. Of an escutcheon: Having bends which divide it diagonally into four, six, or more parts. When of the normal type, lines constituting the bend are drawn in the direction described under bend dexter ; when in the contrary direction, they are said to be bendy sinister. [BARRY, BENDING, C. II., 2.] Bendy barry. [BARRY BENDY.] Bendy lozengy: Having each lozenge placed in bend. Bendy pily : Divided into an equal number of pieces by piles placed bendwise acro the escutcheon. It is called also PILY BENDY. * bene, v . [A.S. be on , beonne = to be, 1st pers. plur. subj. indef. we be on = we be.] Various parts of the substantive verb to be. 1. (1st, 2nd, & 3rd pl. pres. indic.): Are. "To whom the Palmer fearle e answered: 'Certes, Sir knight, ye bene too much to blame. Spenser: F. Q., II. viii. 18. 2. (Infinitive): To be. "His douhter with the quene was for hir was isoun, And so felle it to bene , hir fader lese the coroun. Chron. of Rob. de Brunne, p. 198. ( Boucher .) 3. ( Past participle ): Been. "Then to have bene misliked?"- Spenser : Present Stute of Ireland.