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To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). The odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled hue. Milton.

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. "A bluff or bold shore." Falconer. Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect. Judd.

Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks.

ely lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns.

remium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.

An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill. [Scot.] Burns.

A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.

To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. Dryden.

A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow.

ver or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. "The brink of vice." Bp. Porteus. "The brink of ruin." Burke. The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant.

ancially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

The bank of a brook.

An embankment against inundation. [India] S. Wells Williams.

An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.

To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.

A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]

To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.