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Webster 1913 Edition

(băn′dŏgˊ; 115)

Noun.

[

Band

dog

, i.e., bound dog.]

A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.

The keeper entered leading his

bandog

, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name.

Sir W. Scott.