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▪ I. bendy, a. Her.|ˈbɛndɪ|
[ad. OF. bendé, mod.F. bandé: see bend n.2]
Of a shield: Divided diagonally into an even number (usually six) of equal divisions, coloured alternately. bendy-wavy: when the bends or bendlets have wavy margins.
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. D viij a, He bereth barri bendy, of gowles and golde. 1610J. Guillim Displ. Heraldry v. iii. (1660) 370 He beareth Bendy-wavie of six Argent and Azure. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict., Bendy, a Term in Blazonry for an Escutcheon being divided Bendways into an even Number of Partitions; but if they are odd, the Field must first be named, and then the Number of the Bends. 1766Porny Heraldry (1787) 69 When the Shield is filled with six Bendlets of metal and colour, it is called Bendy; but if the number is either more or less than six, they are to be blazoned by the name of Bendlets and their number specified. 1864Boutell Heraldry viii. 36.
▪ II. bendy, n.|ˈbɛndɪ|
Also bendee, bendi, bindy, banda.
[Hind. (Hindi) bhindī.]
The plant Hibiscus (or Abelmoschus) esculentus, also the fruit of this plant. Also attrib. = okro.
1812M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India 24 The bendy, called in the West Indies okree, is a pretty plant, resembling a dwarf holyhock. 1813J. Forbes Oriental Mem. I. 32 The banda (hibiscus esculentus, Linn.) is a nutritious oriental vegetable. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. 1135/1 Tetrameles... This tree is the Jungle-bendy of India, and the Weenong of Java. 1927Blackw. Mag. Nov. 678/2 Flanking the western slopes..were the dense bendi scrubs. |