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Traffic in contraband gods; smuggling.

One who traffic illegaly; a smuggler.

A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surfase of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.

To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

The act of disbanding.

A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. Raymond.

Same as Tetrahedrite.

A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]

A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.

A fillet; a band for the head. "The headbands and the tablets." Is. iii. 20.

Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.

A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak. The painful husband, plowing up his ground. Hakewill. He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. Evelyn.

Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.

The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.

Destitute of a husband. Shak.

Frugal; thrifty. [R.] Tusser.

The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak.

To form into a band or bands. "Imbanded nations." J. Barlow.

See Moorpan.