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English Dictionary: bandage by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bandage
n
  1. a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
    Synonym(s): bandage, patch
v
  1. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: bind, bandage]
  2. dress by covering or binding; "The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle"; "bandage an incision"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bandage \Band"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandaged} ([?]); p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Bandaging} ([?]).]
      To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the
      eyes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bandage \Band"age\, n. [F. bandage, fr. bande. See {Band}.]
      1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and
            binding up wounds, etc.
  
      2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over
            or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a
            ligature.
  
                     Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage
                     over her eyes.                                    --Addison.
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