bambusicoline (bambusikolin)

[ living in bamboo-gra : said of sundry animals, as certain partridges, rats, etc. bamia (bā'mi-ä), n. A fish of the family Silu ridæ, taken in the Red Sea. In a dried state it is much used as food by sailors. bamlite (bam'lit), n. [ bani (ban), v.; pret. and pp. banned, ppr. banning. in comp. abannan, summon, gebannan, summon, [ command, proclaim, = The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary command, proclaim, OFries. banna, bonna, = OD. bannen, prohibit, mod. D. banish, exile, exorcise, trump, = OHG. bannan, MHG. G. bannen, banish, expel, exorcise, Icel. banna, forbid, curse, refl. swear, = Sw. banna, reprove, chide, refl. curse, swear, = Dan. bande, curse, swear, = Goth. * bannan (not recorded), orig. appar. 'proclaim or announce, subsequently command or forbid under a pen alty,' prob. akin to L. far i, say, speak (> E. fable, fame, fate, etc.), = Gr. φάναι, speak, say (› ult. E. aphasia, aphemia, euphemism, etc.); cf. Skt. bhan, speak. Cf. also Gr. φαίνειν, make appear, show, shine, Skt. V bhā, appear, shine. The ML. verb bannire, summon, proclaim, banish, is formally from the noun: see banish. The sense of 'curse' is appar. due to Scand.use.] I. trans. 11. To summon; call out. He. bannede his enihtes. Layamon, I. 324. Pharaon bannede vt his here. Gen. and Ex . , 1. 3213. 2. To anathematize; pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; place under a ban. It is hard to admire the man [Henry VIII.] who was burning and banning Luther ans at home, while he was trying to ally himself with them abroad. was R. W. Dixon , Hist. Church of Eng., iii. 3. To curse; execrate. Here upon my knees, striking the earth, I ban their souls to everlasting pains. Marlowe, Jew of Malta, i. 2. IMG:content-1608.png:[blocks in formation] dictions. And curst, and band , and blasphemies forth threw. Spenser , F. Q., V. xi. 12.