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A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]

at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. -- Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blank tooling, and blind blocking. -- Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

That which binds, ties, fastens,or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle. Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom. Shak.

A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender l…

imp. & p. p. of Bind.

Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. I am much bounden to your majesty. Shak.

To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott.

That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.

A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.

A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

ing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight. Bridging joist. Same as Binding joist.

yony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.

To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

hrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.

out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. -- To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. -- To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. H…

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

-- Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. -- Differential calculus, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials.…