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   Bend, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.]
   A band. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
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   [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
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   Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
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