English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bat
(n.)
A part of a brick with one whole end.
Bat
(v. t.)
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
Bat
(v. i.)
To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
Bat
(n.)
One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which
the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated
fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous.
See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
A mode of printing on glazed ware.
Bat's-wing
(a.)
Alt. of Batwing
Batable
(a.)
Disputable.
Batailled
(a.)
Embattled.
Batardeau
(n.)
A cofferdam.
Batardeau
(n.)
A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a
sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides
of the wall.
Batata
(n.)
An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea
batatas).
Batatas
(n.)
Alt. of Batata
Batavian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic
tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.
Batavian
(n.)
A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.
Batch
(v. t.)
The quantity of bread baked at one time.
Batch
(v. t.)
A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group
or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of
letters; the next batch of business.
Bate
(v. t.)
To attack; to bait.
imp. of Bite.
Bate
(v. i.)
To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
Bate
(v. i.)
To waste away.