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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bandy \Ban"dy\, n. [Telugu bandi.]
   A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl. {Bandies}. [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. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandied} (?); 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 man to man; to agitate.

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

Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. i.
   To content, 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.

Source : WordNet®

bandy
     adj : have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: {bandy-legged},
            {bowed}, {bowleg}, {bowlegged}]
     [also: {bandied}, {bandiest}, {bandier}]

bandy
     v 1: toss or strike a ball back and forth
     2: exchange blows
     3: discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult
        questions" [syn: {kick around}]
     [also: {bandied}, {bandiest}, {bandier}]
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