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n.; pl. Bandies [ Cf. F. bandé, p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See Band, n. ] 1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bandied p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying. ] 1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. “To bandy hasty words.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having crooked legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brandies [ From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand. ] A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brandy. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Candied p. pr & vb. n. Candying. ] [ F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;, kha&dsdot_; to break. ] 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those frosts that winter brings
Which candy every green. Drayson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. candi. See Candy, v. t. ] 1. Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Cocaine. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

‖ n. [ Mahratta kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;ī, Tamil ka&nsdot_;&dsdot_;i. ] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy.
Syn. -- spun sugar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who makes candies and other sweets.
Syn. -- confectioner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the Iberis umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia (The Italian name for Crete). It is grown as an ornamental plant, having tufted red, violet, purple, or pink flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. bog plant (Polygala lutea) of pine barrens of southeastern U.S. having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers.
Syn. -- orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, yellow bachelor's button. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Dandies [ Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology. ] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dandy roller. See below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. --
Dandy fever. See Dengue. --
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. --
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

n. masc., n. fem. [ See Dandy. ] A bantam fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dandy + -ling. ] A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Handier superl. Handiest. ] [ OE. hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise. ] 1. Performed by the hand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. “Each is handy in his way.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fight with the hands; boxing. “Pollux loves handyfights.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blow with the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Handiwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. someone excellent of their kind; as, he's a jimdandy of a soldier.
Syn. -- jimhickey, crackerjack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. something excellent of its kind; as, the bike was a jimdandy.
Syn. -- jimhickey, crackerjack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A region of France divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.
Syn. -- Normandie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ F. organdi. ] A kind of transparent light but stiff muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The old squaw. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sandier superl. Sandiest. ] [ AS. sandig. ] 1. Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] See Sandix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
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See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
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See express.
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See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
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See fashionable.
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See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
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See gallant.
See genial.
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See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
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See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
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See good.
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See gorgeous.
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See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
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See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
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See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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a. Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. “His Vandyke dress.” Macaulay. [ Written also Vandyck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vandyke brown (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitransparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures. --
Vandyke collar or
Vandyke cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; -- so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke. --
Vandyke edge, an edge having ornamental triangular points. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [ Written also Vandyck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. [ R. ] [ Written also Vandyck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A trim, pointed beard, such as those often seen in pictures by Vandyke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]