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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bandage  \Band"age\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Bandaged}  (?);  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Bandaging}  (?).] 
  To  bind,  dress,  or  cover,  with  a  bandage;  as  to  bandage  the 
  eyes. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bandage  \Band"age\,  n.  [F.  bandage,  fr  bande.  See  {Band}.] 
  1.  A  fillet  or  strip  of  woven  material,  used  in  dressing  and 
  binding  up  wounds,  etc 
 
  2.  Something  resembling  a  bandage;  that  which  is  bound  over 
  or  round  something  to  cover,  strengthen,  or  compress  it  a 
  ligature. 
 
  Zeal  too  had  a  place  among  the  rest,  with  a  bandage 
  over  her  eyes.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bandage 
  n  :  a  piece  of  soft  material  that  protects  an  injured  part  of 
  body 
  v  1:  wrap  around  with  something  so  as  to  cover  or  enclose  [syn:  {bind}] 
  2:  dress  by  covering  or  binding:  "The  nurse  bandaged  a  sprained 
  ankle";  "bandage  an  incision" 




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