English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Battery
(v. t.)
Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
Battery
(v. t.)
Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for
attack or defense.
Battery
(v. t.)
The unlawful beating of another. It includes every
willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person
or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.
Battery
(v. t.)
A company or division of artillery, including the
gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a
battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns.
Battery
(v. t.)
The act of battering or beating.
Batting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bat
Batting
(n.)
Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.;
as, cotton batting.
Batting
(n.)
The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in
playing games of ball.
Battle
(v. t.)
To assail in battle; to fight.
Battle
(n.)
To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over
theories.
Battle
(v. t.)
The main body, as distinct from the van and rear;
battalia.
Battle
(v. t.)
A division of an army; a battalion.
Battle
(v. t.)
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the
divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
Battle
(v. t.)
A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
Battle
(a.)
Fertile. See Battel, a.
Battle-ax
(n.)
Alt. of Battle-axe
Battle-axe
(n.)
A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
Battled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Battle
Battled
(p. p.)
Embattled.
Battledoor
(n.)
A child's hornbook.