Definition of bank

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Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..

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Delph :: Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.
Bankruptcies :: Bankruptcies (pl. ) of Bankruptc.
Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..
Adjudication :: Adjudication (n.) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
Post Note :: Post note () A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand..
Rivage :: Rivage (n.) A bank, shore, or coast..
Triaconter :: Triaconter (n.) A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers..
Bluffy :: Bluffy (a.) Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.
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..
Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..
Wharp :: Wharp (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder..
Revet :: Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material..
Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person..
Bourse :: Bourse (n.) An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris..
Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
Shroff :: Shroff (n.) A banker, or changer of money..
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