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A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a
tribunal or court. |
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A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the
surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of
earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. |
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A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a
ravine. |
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The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. |
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An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. |
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The face of the coal at which miners are working. |
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A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water
level. |
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The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to
bank. |
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To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank. |
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To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand. |
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To pass by the banks of. |
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A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. |
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The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. |
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The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting
to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a
sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. |
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A sort of table used by printers. |
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A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an
organ. |
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An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue,
of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or
bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or
more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives,
the directors), acting in their corporate capacity. |
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The building or office used for banking purposes. |
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A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in
transacting business; a joint stock or capital. |
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The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has
as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses. |
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In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the
players are allowed to draw. |
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To deposit in a bank. |
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To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker. |
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To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a
banker. |