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Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandied} (b[a^]n"d[-e]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Bandying}.]
1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
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Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .
by rackets from without. --Cudworth.
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2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy
hasty words." --Shak.
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3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate
freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.
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Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in
a disputation. --I. Watts.
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