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 BAN { 5*8 ) BAN in the army, or at court; and are bound to take BANGUE, or Bend See Bend. up arms for the catholic faith againft the infidels. BANIALUCH, or Bagnaluch, a city of European Band, in furgery, a fillet, fwath, or piece of linen Turky, the capital of Bofnia, upon the frontiers of cloth, wherewith either to cover or iurround certain Dalmatia,-near the river Setina : E. long. 180 20, parts that'Hand in need of afitftance ; and is, in this N. lat. 44° 20 . fenfe, the famei with what is otherwife called a roller. BANIANA, a city of India, upon the road from Surat BANDA, or Lantor, the chief of the Banda illands to Agra. a religious fedl in the empire of the Moin the E. Indies, where nutmegs grew, in 128° E. BANIANS, gul, who believe a metempfychofis ; and will therefore long, and 40 3c/ S lat. no living creature, nor kill even noxious animals ; BANDAGE, in furgery, a fillet, roller, or fwath, u- eat endeavour to releafe them, when in the hands of fed in dreffing and binding up wounds, reltraining but dangerous haemorrhages^ and in joining fradiured and others. BANJAR', a river in the ifland of Borneo, in the mouth difiocated bones. See Surgery. which is a floating ifland, where the Eafl-India BANDALEER, or Bandeleer, in military affairs, ofcompany a fadlory. a large leathern belt, thrown over the right ihoulder, BANILLA,have or Vanilla, See Vanilla. and hanging under the left arm ; worn by the ancient a kind of punifhment, whereby the mufqueteers, both for the fulfaining of their fire-arms, BANISFIMENT, and for the carriage of their mufquet-charges, which guilty perfon is obliged to leave the realm. being put up in little wooden cafes, coated with lea- BANK, in commerce, a common repofitory, where ther, were hung, to the number of twelve, to each many perfons agree to keep their money, to be always ready at their call or direction; or certain focieties or bandeleer. communities, who take the charge of other peoples BANDELET, or Bandlet, in architedfure, any lit- money, either to improve it, or to keep it fecure. tle band, or flat moulding, as that which crowns the There are banks of various kinds, and different in Doric architrave. nature of their conftitutions and eftablifhments; BANDER-ABASSI, in geography. See the article the Some are inffituted wholly on the public account, and Gombron. BANDER-CONGO, a fea-port town on the eaftern put under the direftion of the magirtrates, as the fabank of Amfterdam, where the money depofited fide of the Perfian gulf: E. long. 54° 5c/, and N. mous therein fhall be always kept for the ufe of the proprielat. 27°. BANDERET, a general, or one of the commanders in tors, and fhall never be let out for profit or advantage. chief of the forces. Payments made by affignments upon this bank, are This appellation is given to the principal commanders of the troops of the canton of Bern in Switzer- valued from 3 to 6 per cent above the payment of the land, where there are four banderets, who command money in fpecie, arifing-from an opinion that the proprietors entertain of the equity of its adminiffration ; all the forces of that canton. BANDEROLE, a little flag, in form of a guidon, ex- for judging themfelves fecure, that their money lies tended more in length than breadth, ufed to be hung always ready at hand, they feldom draw out large Aims, but make their mutual payments by transferring out on the mails of veffels, <bc. BANDITTI, a term peculiarly denoting companies of the fums from one man’s account to another. highwaymen, common in Italy and France ; butfomeA fecond fort of bank, is fuch as confiffs of a comtimes alfb- ufed, in a more general fenfe, for robbers, pany of monied men, who being duly eftabliffied, and incorporated by the laws of their country, agree to depirates, out-lawed perfons, ruffians, <fac. pofite a confiderable fund, or joint ftock, to be emBANDO, the fame with Afmer. See Asmer. BANDORA, the capital of the ifland of Salfet, or Co- ployed for the ufe of the fociety; as lending money upon good fecurity, buying and felling bullion, gold norin, 0 on the weft coaft of 0 the Hither India : E. long. and filver, difcounting bills of exchange, ©c. 72 30', and N. lat. 19. A third fort, is the banks of private men, or partBandora is alfo the name of an ancient mufical inflrunerfhips, who deal in the fame way as the former, upment, with firings, refembling a lute. See Lute. BANGLE ears, an imperfedtion in a horfe, remedied on their own fingle flock or credit. There are public in the following manner. Place his ears in fuch a banks eftablifhed in moll of the trading cities of Euas in Venice, London, Paris, Amfterdam, manner as you would have them Hand; bind them with rope, two little boards fo faff that they cannot ftir, and Hamburgh, <bc. The bank of Venice is the moft anthen clip away all the empty wrinkled fkin clofe by cient, It is eftablifhed by a folemn edift of the commonwealth, which enadls, That all payments of whoiethe head. BANDY-LEGGED perfuns are fuch wbofe feet are fale merchandife, and letters of exchange, fhall be in difforted, turning either inward or outward on either bank-notes ; that all debtors fhall be obliged to carry their money to the bank, and all creditors receive their fide. from the bank ; fo that payments are performB ANGOR, a city of Carnarvonfhire, in North Wales : money ed by a fimple transfer from the one perfon to the oW. long. 4° 15', and N. lat, 53® 20. It is a biffiop’s fee, and fituated on the fea-fide,. a- ther. In matters of retail, effective payments are fometimes made, which do not diminifh, but rather bout 30 miles well.of St Afaph. augment