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Banian days

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Banian \Ban"ian\, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named
   by the English, because used as a market place by the
   merchants.]
   1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
      [Written also {banyan}.]

   2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.

   3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See {Banyan}.

   {Banian days} (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no
      flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be
      borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
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