a. 向外弯曲的

vt. 打来打去, 谈论, 往复投掷

Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandied} (b[a^]n"d[-e]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Bandying}.]
1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.

Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .
by rackets from without. --Cudworth.

2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. ``To bandy
hasty words.'' --Shak.

3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate
freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.

Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in
a disputation. --I. Watts.


Bandy \Ban"dy\ (b[a^]n"d[y^]), n. [Telugu ba[.n][dsdot]i.]
A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.


Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl. {Bandies} (-d[i^]z). [Cf. F. band['e],
p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr.
bande. See {Band}, n.]
1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play;
a hockey stick. --Johnson.

2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy
ball.


Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. i.
To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive
the ball his own way.

Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. --Shak.


Bandy \Ban"dy\, a.
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side
outward; as, a bandy leg.