Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bandage"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bandage
n : a piece of soft material that protects an injured part of
the body
v 1: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: {bind}]
2: dress by covering or binding: "The nurse bandaged a sprained
ankle"; "bandage an incision"


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