Definition of ban

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Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..

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Disbanding :: Disbanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disban.
Riband :: Riband (n.) See Rib-band.
Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
Serf :: Serf (v. t.) A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia..
Banquet :: Banquet (v. t.) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
Tape :: Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape..
Husbanded :: Husbanded (imp. & p. p.) of Husban.
Resorcin :: Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin..
Sowbane :: Sowbane (n.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine..
Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..
Skein :: Skein (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes..
Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband..
Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..
Fasciated :: Fasciated (a.) Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage..
Confederate :: Confederate (v. i.) To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
Banner :: Banner (n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle..
Libant :: Libant (a.) Sipping; touching lightly.
Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.
Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (v. t.) To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words..
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