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A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

y having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]

The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.

erson, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband. Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled. Spenser.

ivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.

r tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.

To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. Josh. ix. 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. Latimer.

To dwell or live together as husband and wife. The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. Bouvier.

Any band or body of warriors. With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. Milton.

o gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.

A small collar or neckband. Foxe.

Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]

A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily.

To send out with a charge or commission. A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian land. Dryden.

et of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.…

Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. Bouvier. Wharton.