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Bank
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; - said of a flying machine, an aerocurve, or the like.
(2):
(n.) The lateral inclination of an aeroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45¡ is easy; a bank of 90¡ is dangerous.
(3):
(n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
(4):
(n.) A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
(7):
(v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
(8):
(n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
(9):
(n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
(10):
(n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
(11):
(n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
(12):
(n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.
(13):
(n.) 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.
(14):
(n.) 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.
(15):
(n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
(16):
(n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
(17):
(n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
(18):
(n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
(19):
(n.) 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.
(20):
(n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
(21):
(n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
(22):
(n.) A sort of table used by printers.
(23):
(v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
(24):
(v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
(25):
(v. t.) To pass by the banks of.
(26):
(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
(27):
(v. t.) To deposit in a bank.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bank'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bank.html. 1828.
