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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Binding

Bīnd'ing, a.

adjective

a. Having power to bind or oblige; obligatory; as, the binding force of a moral duty, or of a command.

Binding joists (Arch.), the joists of a floor into which the trimmers of staircases, or well-holes of the stairs and chimney-ways, are framed.

Bīnd'ing, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of fastening with a band.

  1. Any thing that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, with the sewing and accompanying work; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.
  2. (Fencing.) A method of securing or crossing the adversary's sword with a pressure, accompanied with a spring of the wrist.
  3. (pl.) (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.