Definition of ban

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Ban (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes..

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Water Wing :: Water wing () One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current..
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face..
Promethea :: Promethea (n.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band..
Ban :: Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription..
Postliminy :: Postliminy (n.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy..
Countryman :: Countryman (n.) One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer..
Capcase :: Capcase (n.) A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest..
Repealment :: Repealment (n.) Recall, as from banishment..
Underwing :: Underwing (n.) Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called red underwing..
Bandit :: Bandit (n.) An outlaw; a brigand.
Banker :: Banker (n.) The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house..
Anthelion :: Anthelion (n.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank..
Swaddle :: Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby..
Band :: Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right..
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Adjudication :: Adjudication (n.) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
Trireme :: Trireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change..
Cash :: Cash (v. t.) To disband.
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