BANDANNA, s. This term is properly applied to the rich yellow or red silk handkerchief, with diamond spots left white by pressure applied to prevent their receiving the dye. The etymology may be gathered from Shakespear's Dict., which gives "_Bāndhnū_: 1. A mode of dyeing in which the cloth is tied in different places, to prevent the parts tied from receiving the dye;... 3. A kind of silk cloth." A class or caste in Guzerat who do this kind of preparation for dyeing are called _Bandhārā_ (_Drummond_). [Such handkerchiefs are known in S. India as PULICAT handkerchiefs. Cloth dyed in this way is in Upper India known as _Chūnrī_. A full account of the process will be found in _Journ. Ind. Art_, ii. 63, and _S. M. Hadi's Mon. on Dyes and Dyeing_, p. 35.] c. 1590.—"His Majesty improved this department in four ways.... _Thirdly_, in stuffs as ... BÁNDHNÚN, _Chhínt_, _Alchah_."—_Āīn_, i. 91. 1752.—"The Cossembazar merchants having fallen short in gurrahs, plain taffaties, ordinary BANDANNOES, and chappas."—In _Long_, 31. 1813.—"BANDANNOES ... 800."—_Milburn_ (List of Bengal Piece-goods, and no. to the ton), ii. 221. 1848.—"Mr Scape, lately admitted partner into the great Calcutta House of Fogle, Fake, and Cracksman ... taking Fake's place, who retired to a princely Park in Sussex (the Fogles have long been out of the firm, and Sir Horace Fogle is about to be raised to the peerage as Baron BANDANNA), ... two years before it failed for a million, and plunged half the Indian public into misery and ruin."—_Vanity Fair_, ii. ch. 25. 1866.—"'Of course,' said Toogood, wiping his eyes with a large red BANDANA handkerchief. 'By all means, come along, Major.' The major had turned his face away, and he also was weeping."—_Last Chronicle of Barset_, ii. 362. 1875.—"In Calcutta Tariff Valuations: 'Piece goods silk: BANDANAH Choppahs, per piece of 7 handkerchiefs ... score ... 115 _Rs._" BANDAREE, s. Mahr. _Bhanḍārī_, the name of the caste or occupation. It is applied at Bombay to the class of people (of a low caste) who tend the coco-palm gardens in the island, and draw toddy, and who at one time formed a local militia. [It has no connection with the more common _Bhândârî_, 'a treasurer or storekeeper.'] 1548.—"... certain duties collected from the BANDARYS who draw the toddy (_sura_) from the aldeas...."—_S. Botelho, Tombo_, 203. 1644.—"The people ... are all Christians, or at least the greater part of them consisting of artizans, carpenters, _chaudaris_ (this word is manifestly a mistranscription of BANDARIS), whose business is to gather nuts from the coco-palms, and _corumbis_ (see KOONBEE) who till the ground...."—_Bocarro, MS._ 1673.—"The President ... if he go abroad, the BANDARINES and Moors under two Standards march before him."—_Fryer_, 68. " "... besides 60 Field-pieces ready in their Carriages upon occasion to attend the Militia and BANDARINES."—_Ibid._ 66.