An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 43 : _A. Douglas._ BAND (To take), to unite; a phrase borrowed from architecture. _Rutherfor

_A. Douglas._

BAND (To take), to unite; a phrase borrowed from architecture.

_Rutherford._

BAND, _s._ Bond, obligation, S.

_Wyntown._

_To mak band_, to come under obligation, to swear allegiance.

_Wallace._

BAND _of a hill_. The top or summit.

_Douglas._

Germ. _bann_, summitas, Gael. _ben_.

BANDKYN, _s._ A cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold, and the woof silk, adorned with figures.

_Douglas._

L. B. _bandequin-us_.

BANDOUNE, BANDOWN, _s._ Command, orders.

V. ~Abandon~.

_Wallace._

Germ. _band_, a standard.

BANDOUNLY, _adv._ Firmly, courageously.

_Wallace._

BANDSTER, BANSTER, _s._ One who binds sheaves after the reapers in the harvest-field, S.

_Ritson._

A. S. Germ. _band_, vinculum.

BANE, _s._ Bone, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _ban_, Alem. _bein_, id.

BANE, _King of Bane_, the same with _King of the Bean_, a character in the Christmas gambols. This designation is given to the person who is so fortunate as to receive that part of a divided cake which has a _bean_ in it; _Rex fabae_.

_Knox._

BANE-FYER, _s._ A bonfire, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Apparently corrupted from ~Bail-fire~.

BANEOUR, BANNEOURE, _s._ A standard-bearer.

_Barbour._

BANERER, _s._ Properly, one who exhibits his own distinctive standard in the field, q. "the lord of a standard."

_Douglas._

Teut. _bander-heer_, _baner-heer_, baro, satrapa.

BANERMAN, _s._ A standard-bearer.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _banersman_, vexillifer.

BANES-BRAKIN, _s._ A b.l.o.o.d.y quarrel, "the breaking of bones," S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

_To_ BANG, _v. n._ To change place with impetuosity; as, to _bang up_, to start from one's seat or bed; _to bang to the dore_, to run hastily to the door, S.

_Ramsay._