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English Dictionary: Bank' by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, n.
      A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a
      bank of electric lamps, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, n. (A[89]ronautics)
      The lateral inclination of an a[89]roplane as it rounds a
      curve; as, a bank of 45[deg] is easy; a bank of 90[deg] is
      dangerous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, v. i. (A[89]ronautics)
      To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying
      machine, an a[89]rocurve, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Banc \Banc\, d8Bancus \[d8]Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc,
      LL. bancus. See {Bank}, n.]
      A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a
      tribunal or court.
  
      {In banc}, {In banco} (the ablative of bancus), {In bank}, in
            full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings
            in banc (distinguished from sittings at {nisi prius}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, n. [Prob. fr. F. banc. Of German origin, and akin
      to E. bench. See {Bench}.]
      1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  
                     Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep
                     Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.
                                                                              --Waller.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
            (b) 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}. --Burrill.
  
      3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers.
  
      4. (Music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard,
            as in an organ. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\ (b[acr][nsm]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and
      prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.]
      1. 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.
  
                     They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx.
                                                                              15.
  
      2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of
            a ravine.
  
      3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
            lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or
            other hollow.
  
                     Tiber trembled underneath her banks.   --Shak.
  
      4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
            shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
  
      5. (Mining)
            (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
            (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above
                  water level.
            (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought
                  to bank.
  
      {Bank beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the otter. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Bank swallow}, a small American and European swallow
            ({Clivicola riparia}) that nests in a hole which it
            excavates in a bank.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[acr][nsm]kt); p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Banking}.]
      1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
            fortify with a bank; to embank. [bd]Banked well with
            earth.[b8] --Holland.
  
      2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  
      3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To bank a fire}, {To bank up a fire}, to cover the coals or
            embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
            but alive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, v. i.
      1. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,
      counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank
      bench, OHG. banch. See {Bench}, and cf. {Banco}, {Beach}.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. The building or office used for banking purposes.
  
      3. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in
            transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.]
  
                     Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be
                     master of his own money.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. (Gaming) 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.
  
      5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which
            the players are allowed to draw.
  
      {Bank credit}, a credit by which a person who has given the
            required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a
            certain extent agreed upon.
  
      {Bank of deposit}, a bank which receives money for safe
            keeping.
  
      {Bank of issue}, a bank which issues its own notes payable to
            bearer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bank \Bank\, v. t.
      To deposit in a bank.
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