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To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.

The points made in a game. String band (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments. -- String beans. (a) A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off.

A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.

The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.

an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

eseech mercy and succor." Chaucer. My noble father . . . Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. Shak.

West Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun.

To serve instead of; to take the place of. Burning ships the banished sun supply. Waller. The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. Dryden.

A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.

d payment (Com.), to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc.

Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.

a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.

Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.

from Swaddle, v. Swaddling band, Swaddling cloth, or Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12.

A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.

A band or fillet; a swathe. Shak. Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]

To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot.

nt by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.

A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.