An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Teut. banckwerc, tapestry; Fr. banquier, a bench-cloth.

To BAN, BANN, v. n. Often applied in S., although improperly, to those irreverent exclamations which many use in conversation, as distinguished from cursing.
A. Douglas.

BAND (To take), to unite; a phrase borrowed from architecture.
Rutherford.

BAND, s. Bond, obligation, S.
Wyntown.
To mak band, to come under obligation, to swear allegiance.
Wallace.

BAND of a hill. The top or summit.
Douglas.

Germ. bann, summitas, Gael. ben.

BANDKYN, s. A cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold, and the woof silk, adorned with figures.
Douglas.

L. B. bandequin-us.

BANDOUNE, BANDOWN, s. Command, orders.
V. [Abandon].
Wallace.

Germ. band, a standard.