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bandy verb. ['bandi] L16.
[Perh. from French bander take sides at tennis, formed as BAND noun3. Cf. Italian bandare, Spanish bandear.]
verb trans. Throw, pass, strike (a ball) to and fro (as in tennis etc.). Chiefly fig. L16.
Tennyson To be the ball of Time, Bandied by the hands of fools.
verb trans. Cast away or aside; fig. dismiss or reject. L16-M17.
C. Marlowe The Cardinal, would bandy me away from Spain.
verb trans. Toss from side to side, from one to another, or about; esp. fig., pass (words, stories, etc.) around in a circle or group, discuss in this way. L16.
G. Anson Thus was this unhappy vessel bandied about within a few leagues of her intended harbour. Dickens The stories they invent..and bandy from mouth to mouth! H. Read The poet must use words which are bandied about in the daily give-and-take of conversation. W. Irving Your name is..frequently bandied at table among us.
b. Give and take (blows, words, etc.); exchange (conversation, compliments, etc.) with a person. L16.
J. L. Motley Bandying blows in the thickest of the fight. N. Mitford She bandied repartee with the various Rorys and Rolys.
verb trans. (esp. refl.) & intrans. Band together, confederate. L16-E19.
G. Herbert Joyntly bandying, They drive them soon away. Sir W. Scott Here is his son already bandying and making a faction.
verb intrans. Contend, fight. L16-E18.
Milton Neither did the People of Rome bandy with their Senate while any of the Tarquins liv'd.