Noun

(en noun)

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

# A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

#* , chapter=10

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.}}

# A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

#* 1843 , (Thomas Hood), (The Song of the Shirt)

band and gusset and seam

# A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

# A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

(label) A strip of decoration.

# A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

# In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

to join in Hymen's bands

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(label) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

(label) A part of the radio spectrum.

(label) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

(obsolete) A bond.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

thy oath and band

(label) Pledge; security.

(Spenser)

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Noun

(en noun)

A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.

* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)

But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Noun

(wikipedia force)

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

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* (1800-1859)

*:He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

*(William Shakespeare), Henry VI, part II

*:which now they hold by force , and not by right

(lb) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)

Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=(Henry Petroski), volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3

, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Opening Doors , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.}}

(lb) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

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*(William Shakespeare), (Cymbeline)

*:Is Lucius general of the forces ?

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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."

*{{quote-news, year=2004, date=April 15, work=The Scotsman

, title= Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer , passage=For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force , which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.}}

(lb) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

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(lb) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.

(lb) Legal validity.

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(lb) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry ", or lawful compulsion.

Noun

(en noun)

(countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.

* T. Gray

to see the falls or force of the river Kent