bandy

Definitions

1. 1.A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. Johnson.
2. 2.The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
3. 3.To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth.
4. 4.To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy hasty words." Shak.
5. 5.To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate. Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts.
6. 6.To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak.
7. 7.Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. Johnson called?
• What is the game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball called?
• What is to beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth called?
• What is to give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy hasty words." Shak called?
• What is to toss about, as from man to man; to agitate. Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts called?
• What is to content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak called?
• What is bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg called?