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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bandy \Ban"dy\, n. [Telugu bandi.] A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl {Bandies}. [Cf. F. band['e], p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr bande. See {Band}, n.] 1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. --Johnson. 2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandied} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Bandying}.] 1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without --Cudworth. 2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. ``To bandy hasty words.'' --Shak. 3. To toss about as from man to man; to agitate. Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. --I. Watts. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. i. To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bandy \Ban"dy\, a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as a bandy leg. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bandy adj : have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: {bandy-legged}, {bowed}, {bowleg}, {bowlegged}] v 1: toss or strike a ball back and forth, as in tennis, hockey, etc 2: exchange blows 3: discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" [syn: {kick around}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bandy, VA Zip code(s): 24602
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