Etymology 1

Noun

1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
2. A money changer.
3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

Noun

1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
2. A ditcher; a drain digger.

Noun

1. A railway locomotive temporarily attached to the rear of a train to assist the train to climb an incline.