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A form of coöperative bank, such as those of Germany; -- a term loosely used for various forms of coöperative financial institutions.

Disturbance; perturbation. [R.] "Perturbance of the mind." Sharp.

A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.

A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.

Rat poison; white arsenic.

Poisoned by ratsbane.

To banish again.

The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.

A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. Totten.

Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak.

See Ribbon. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

See Ribbon. Riband jasper (Min.), a variety of jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.

Ribboned. B. Jonson.

o the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework. Rib-band lines, oblique longitudinal sectionss of the hull of a vessel. Knight.

The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger. Halliwell.

See Roperand.

of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. [Written also roband, and robbin.]

A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santibanco.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T. browne.

origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself. She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. Sir W. Scott.

A bank or mole to defend against the sea.