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A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
See Baton, and Baston.
The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.
Pertaining to the Batrachia.
One of the Batrachia.
Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.
The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.
Feeding on frogs.
The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.
of Batsman
Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.
Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening.
A combatant.
Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.
An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.
Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.
To form into battalions.