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A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.

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.

A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.

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 put under a ban. [R.] Barlow.

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

To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.

The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.

Having banners.

Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.

Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurban electric railways.

Uncivil; unpolished; rude. M. Arnold. -- In`ur*bane"ly, adv. -- In`ur*bane"ness, n.