Obs. [either a. F. bander, or shortened form of BANDY v.; cf. the pa. pples. banded, bandied, of similar sound.] = BANDY v. in various senses.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Prebender en vn tripot, to band in the tennice.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., III. ii. 41. Swete love such lewdnes bands from his faire companee.
1613. W. Browne, Brit. Past., I. iv. He … Had heapes of fire-brands banded at his face.
1616. Beaum. & Fl., Cust. Countr., vi. Adverse fortune Banding us from one hazard to another.
1641. Shirley, Cardinal, V. iii. Thus banded out o’ the world by a woman’s plot!
1672. Dryden, Conq. Granada, I. i. (1725), 36. Though they band and jar.
