Band, imp. of Bind. [Obs.] Spenser.
Band"age (bnd"j), n. [F. bandage, fr. bande. See Band.] 1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes.
Addison.
Band"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandaged (-jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandaging (bnd"*jng).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
||Ban*da"la (&?;), n. A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
{ Ban*dan"na, Ban*dan"a } (&?;), n. [Hind. bndhn a mode of dyeing in which the cloth is tied in different places so as to prevent the parts tied from receiving the dye. Cf. Band, n.] 1. A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.
2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. Ure.
Band"box` (bnd"bks`), n. A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
||Ban"deau (bn"d), n.; pl. Bandeaux (bn"dz). [F.] A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.
Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather.
Sir W. Scott.
{ Band"e*let (&?;), Band"let } (&?;), n. [F. bandelette, dim. of bande. See Band, n., and cf. Bendlet.] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring. Gwilt.