The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
banc — /bangk/, n. Law. 1. the seat on which judges sit in court. 2. in banc, with all the judges of a court present; as a full court: a hearing in banc. [1250 1300; ME < OF < Gmc: bench] * * * … Universalium
bank-and-turn indicator — /bangk euhn terrn /, Aeron. a flight instrument that combines a bank indicator and turn indicator in a single unit. Also called turn and bank indicator, turn and slip indicator. * * * … Universalium
bankbook — /bangk book /, n. a book held by a depositor in which a bank enters a record of deposits and withdrawals. [1705 15; BANK2 + BOOK] * * * … Universalium
Bankhead — /bangk hed/, n. 1. Tallulah (Brockman) /teuh looh leuh brok meuhn/, 1903 68, U.S. actress (daughter of William Brockman Bankhead). 2. William Brockman, 1874 1940, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1936 40. * * * … Universalium
bankrupt — /bangk rupt, reuhpt/, n. 1. Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law. 2.… … Universalium
bankruptcy — /bangk rupt see, reuhp see/, n., pl. bankruptcies. 1. the state of being or becoming bankrupt. 2. utter ruin, failure, depletion, or the like. [1690 1700; BANKRUPT + CY] * * * Status of a debtor who has been declared by judicial process to be… … Universalium
banksia — /bangk see euh/, n. any Australian shrub or tree of the genus Banksia, having alternate leaves and dense, cylindrical flower heads. [1782; < NL; named after Sir Joseph BANKS; see IA] * * * … Universalium
bankside — /bangk suyd /, n. the slope of the bank of a stream or river. [1590 1600; BANK1 + SIDE1] * * * ▪ neighbourhood, London, United Kingdom loosely defined area along the south bank of the River Thames (Thames, River) in the London borough of… … Universalium
bank-and-turn indicator — /bangk euhn terrn /, Aeron. a flight instrument that combines a bank indicator and turn indicator in a single unit. Also called turn and bank indicator, turn and slip indicator … Useful english dictionary
bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… … Universalium
