Bandying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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