band (the foll. were all common uses in S.'s time)
1.
pl. fetters, bonds Tp. Epil.
9, 3H6 I. i. 186.
2.
obligation, bond, tie
Ado III. i. 114
“To bind our loves up in
a holy band,”
All'sW. IV. ii. 56
“in the band of
truth,”
Ham. III. ii. 172.
3.
agreement, promise
Err. IV. ii. 49,
R2 I. i. 2
“according to thy oath
and band.”
4.
deed by which a
person binds himself
1H4 III. ii. 157
“the end of life cancels
all bands.”
