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| bank | (N.) | A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc. |   '  |
| bank | (N.) | The lateral inclination of an aeroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45Ý is easy; a bank of 90Ý is dangerous. | ' |
| bank | (V. I.) | To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an aerocurve, or the like. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | The face of the coal at which miners are working. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. | ' |
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| bank | (N.) | The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank. | ' |
| bank | (V. T.) | To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. | ' |
| bank | (V. T.) | To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand. | ' |
| bank | (V. T.) | To pass by the banks of. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A sort of table used by printers. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their re | ' |
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| bank | (N.) | The building or office used for banking purposes. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses. | ' |
| bank | (N.) | In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. | ' |
| bank | (V. T.) | To deposit in a bank. | ' |
| bank | (V. I.) | To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker. | ' |
| bank | (V. I.) | To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker. | ' |
| holiday | (N.) | A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday. |    '  ,   '' |
| holiday | (N.) | A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. | ','' |
| holiday | (N.) | A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday. | ','' |
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| holiday | (A.) | Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. | ','' |
| holiday | (A.) | Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion. | ','' |
