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   Bandy (bănˈdy̆), n. [Telugu baṇḍi.] A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
   
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   Bandy, n.; pl. Bandies (-dĭz). [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.
   
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   2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
   
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   Bandy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandied (bănˈdḗd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying.]
   1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
   
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   Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth.
   
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   2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. “To bandy hasty words.”  Shak.
   
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   3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.
   
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   Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts.
   
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   Bandy, v. i. To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.
   
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   Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak.
   
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   Bandy, a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, “a bandy leg”.
   
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