band coupling (bandkup"ling)

Any device for uniting together the ends of a band. band-driver (band'driver), n. A tool used for correcting irregularities in the bands of machinery. E. H. Knight. bandé (bon-dā'), a. [F., pp. of bander, band: see band2, v.] In her., bendy dexter, as distinguished from bendy sinister. See barré. bandeau (ban-do'), n.; pl. bandeaux (-dōz'). [F., leather. 438 Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of Scott , Ivanhoe. banded1 (ban'ded), p . a. [ band1 + -ed2.] Bound or fastened with a band. banded2 (ban'ded), p . a . [ band2 + -ed2.] Having bands; cro ed or encircled by a band or bands; specifically, in her ., encircled with a bandoleer Indian name of the Mus giganteus of Hardwicke, a large Indian rat, upward of 2 feet long including the tail, and weighing 2 or 3 pounds. It is very abundant in some regions, a great pest in the rice-fields and gardens, and is said to be good eating. 2. The Anglo-Australian name of any marsucalled bandicoot rat. One of the names of the Abelmoschus esculent us. See Abelmoschus. was made. Banded structure. (a) In geol., the structure of a rock which is more or le distinctly divided into layers of different color, texture, composition. The term implies, ordinarily, something or different from true stratification, and is applicable chiefly to volcanic ma es. (b) In mineral., the structure of a min Banded Structure (b). - Onyx. eral made up of a series of layers, usually parallel and differing in color or texture, as onyx. banded3 (ban'ded), p. a. United as in a band. Though banded Europe stood her foes- The star of Brandenburg arose. Scott, Marmion, iii., Int.