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Bandage definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAND'AGE, n. A fillet, roller, or swath, used in dressing and binding up wounds, restraining hemorrhages, and joining fractured and dislocated bones. Sometimes, the act or practice of applying bandages.
2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over another
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body [syn: 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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from bande Date: 1599 1. a strip of fabric used especially to cover, dress, and bind up wounds 2. a flexible strip or band used to cover, strengthen, or compress something II. transitive verb (bandaged; bandaging) Date: 1774 to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage <bandage a wound> <a bandaged ankle>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a strip of material for binding up a wound etc. 2 a piece of material used as a blindfold. --v.tr. bind (a wound etc.) with a bandage. Etymology: F f. bande (as BAND(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bandages, bandaging, bandaged) 1. A bandage is a long strip of cloth which is wrapped around a wounded part of someone's body to protect or support it. We put some ointment and a bandage on his knee... His chest was swathed in bandages. N-COUNT 2. If you bandage a wound or part of someone's body, you tie a bandage around it. Apply a dressing to the wound and bandage it. ...a bandaged hand. VERB: V n, V-ed • Bandage up means the same as bandage. I bandaged the leg up and gave her aspirin for the pain. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Fillet, band, binding, cincture, belt.

Moby Thesaurus

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