Definition of bind

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Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

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Uncut :: Uncut (a.) Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding..
Emplecton :: Emplecton (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders..
Sheave :: Sheave (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect..
Bind :: Bind (n.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron..
Promise :: Promise (v. i.) To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration..
Force :: Force (n.) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
Mancipate :: Mancipate (v. t.) To enslave; to bind; to restrict.
Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit..
Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume..
Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..
Calf :: Calf (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf..
Constringent :: Constringent (a.) Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing..
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..
Binding :: Binding (n.) Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling..
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..
Bind :: Bind (n.) Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine..
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Galloon :: Galloon (n.) A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental..
Snood :: Snood (v. t.) To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood..
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..
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