Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BANK'RUPT-ING, ppr.

Breaking in trade; rendering insolvent.

BANK'RUPT-LAW, n.

A law, which, upon a bankrupt's surrendering all his property to commissioners for the benefit of his creditors, discharges him from the payment of his debts, and all liability to arrest or suit for the same, and secures his future acquired property from a liability to the payment of his past debts.

BANK'RUPT-SYS-TEM, n.

A system of laws and legal proceedings in regard to bankrupts and their property.

BANK'-STOCK, n.

A share or shares in the capital stock of a bank.

BAN'NER, n. [Fr. banniere; W. baner; It. bandiera; Sp. bandera; G. fahne and panier; D. vaan and vaandel; from Goth. fana, cloth; Sax. fana; L. pannus; Ir. fuan, cloth.]

1. A square flag; a military ensign; the principal standard of a prince or state. Encyc.
2. A streamer borne at the end of a lance or elsewhere. Johnson.
3. In botany, the upper petal of a papilionaceous corol. Martyn.

BAN'NER-ED, a.

Furnished with or bearing banners. Milton. Shield the strong foes, and rake the bannered shore. Barlow.

BAN'NER-ET, n. [Fr. from banner.]

1. A knight made in the field. Bannerets formerly constituted an order of knights or feudal lords, who led their vassals to battle under their own flags. On the day of battle, the candidates presented their flags to the king or general, who cut off the train or skirt, and made it square. They were then called knights of the square flag. They were a middle order between barons and simple knights. Spelman. Encyc.
2. The highest officer in some of the Swiss republics.

BAN'NE-ROL, n. [See BANDROL.]

BAN'NOCK, n. [Ir. boinneog.]

A cake made of oatmeal or peas-meal, baked on an iron plate over the fire; used in Scotland, and the northern counties of England. Johnson.

BAN'OY, n.

A species of hawk, somewhat larger than the English sparrow hawk; the back and wings yellow, and the belly white; a native of the Philippine isles. Dict. of Nat. Hist.

BAN'QUET, n. [Fr. banquet; Arm. bancqed or banvez; It. banchetto, a little seat, a feast; Sp. banqueta, a stool with three legs; banquete, a banquet. From these words, it would appear that banquet is a sitting, and hence a feast; and not, as supposed, from the oriental פנק, فَنَقَ, to feed or bring up delicately.]

A feast; a rich entertainment of meat and drink. Esther v. Job xli. Amos vi.

BAN'QUET, v.i.

To feast; to regale one's self with good eating and drinking. Shak.

BAN'QUET, v.t.

To treat with a feast, or rich entertainment. Shak.

BAN'QUET-ED, pp.

Feasted; richly entertained at the table.

BAN'QUET-ER, n.

1. A feaster; one who lives deliciously.
2. One who makes feasts, or rich entertainments.

BAN'QUET-ING, n.

A feast; luxurious living; rich entertainment. 1 Pet. iv.

BAN'QUET-ING, ppr.

1. Feasting; entertaining with rich fare.
2. Partaking of rich fare.

BAN'QUET-ING-HOUSE, or BAN'QUET-HOUSE, n.

A house where entertainments are made. Cant. xxiv. Dan. v.

BAN'QUET-ING-ROOM, n.

A saloon, or spacious hall for public entertainments. Encyc. BAN'-QUETTE' or BAN-QUET', n. [banket'; Fr.] In fortification, a little raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeere stand to fire upon the enemy in the moat or covered way. Encyc.

BAN'QUET-TENT, n.

A tent in which a banquet is enjoyed.

BAN'SHEE, or BEN'SHI, n.

An Irish fairy. Chalmers.

BAN'STICK-LE, n.

A small fish, called also Stickle-back. This fish falls under the genus Gasterosteus.

BAN'TER, n.

A joking or jesting; raillery; wit or humor; pleasantry.

BAN'TER, v.t. [Gr. φεναξ, whence φενακιζω, to mock, or deride.]

To play upon in words and in good humor; to rally; to joke, or jest with. Banter hardly amounts to ridicule, much less to derision. It consists in being pleasant and witty with the actions of another, and raising a humorous laugh at his expense, often attended with some degree of sarcasm.

BAN'TER-ED, pp.

Rallied; laughed at in good humor.