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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bandage \Band"age\ (b[a^]nd"[asl]j), noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bandage \Band"age\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bandaged} (b[a^]nd"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bandaging} (b[a^]nd"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bandage
noun: a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body [syn: {patch}]
verb
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "bandage": Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, application, band, bandaging, bathe, batten, bedazzle, belt, bend, benight, bind, bind up, binder, binding, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, brace, bundle, care for, cast, cataplasm, cellophane tape, chain, cinch, cloth tape, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, cure, darken, daze, dazzle, deprive of sight, diagnose, dim, do up, doctor, dress, dressing, dust jacket, eclipse, elastic bandage, envelope, envelopment, epithem, excecate, fascia, fillet, flux, four-tailed bandage, friction tape, gauze, gift wrapping, gird, girdle, girt, girth, give care to, glare, gouge, heal, hoodwink, jacket, lace, lash, lath, leash, ligula, ligule, lint, list, make blind, masking tape, massage, minister to, nurse, obscure, operate on, physic, plank, plaster, plaster cast, plastic tape, pledget, poultice, purge, remedy, ribband, ribbon, roller, roller bandage, rope, rub, rubber bandage, shred, slat, sling, slip, snow-blind, spill, splice, spline, splint, sponge, strake, strap, strike blind, strip, strop, stupe, swaddle, swathe, taenia, tampon, tape, tape measure, tapeline, tent, ticker tape, tie, tie up, tourniquet, treat, triangular bandage, truss, wire, wrap, wrap up, wrapper, wrapping
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