bandy

n.; pl. Bandies [ Cf. F. bandé, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bandied p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying. ] 1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. “To bandy hasty words.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg. [ 1913 Webster ]