Definition of bank

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Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow..

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Unbank :: Unbank (v. t.) To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Imbanking :: Imbanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imban.
Emission :: Emission (n.) The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes..
Rivage :: Rivage (n.) A bank, shore, or coast..
Turf :: Turf (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..
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..
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (v. t.) To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.
Brae :: Brae (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.
Clinometer :: Clinometer (n.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level..
Bray :: Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling..
Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital..
Cambist :: Cambist (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange..
Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
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