Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Baston

Bas″ton (băs″tŭn), n. [OF. baston, F. bâton, LL. basto. See Bastion, and cf. Baton, and 3d Batten.]1. A staff or cudgel. “To fight with blunt bastons.” Holland.2. (Her.) See Bat...

1001

Basutos

Ba‐su″tos (?), n. pl.; sing.Basuto (�). (Ethnol.) A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, subject to the English. They formerly practiced ca...

1002

Basyle

Bas″yle (băs″ĭl or bās″ĭl), n. [Gr. βάσισ base + ὕλη wood. See -yl.] (Chem.) A positive or nonacid constituent of a compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the ...

1003

Basylous

Bas″y‐lous (�), a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; — opposed to chlorous. Graham.

1004

Bat

Bat (băt), n. [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr. the Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F. batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.]1. A la...

1005

Bat (2)

Bat, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Batted (băt″tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Batting.] To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.

1006

Bat (3)

Bat, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

1007

Bat (4)

Bat, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night), Icel. leðr-blaka (leðr leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zoöl...

1008

Bat (5)

‖Bat (?), n. Same as Tical, n., 1.

1009

Bat (6)

Bat, v. t. & i. 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk.2. To wink.

1010

Bat (7)

Bat, n. 1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.2. A stroke; a sharp blow.3. A stroke of work.4. Rate of motion; speed. “A vast host of fowl... making at full bat f...

1011

Bat printing

Bat″ print′ing (�). (Ceramics) A mode of printing on glazed ware.

1012

Bat's-wing

{Bat's″–wing″ (�) or Bat″wing }, a. Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner.

1013

Batable

Bat″a‐ble (�), a. [Abbrev. from debatable.] Disputable.☞ The border land between England and Scotland, being formerly a subject of contention, was called batable or debatable gr...

1014

Batailled

Bat″ailled (�), a. Embattled. Chaucer.

1015

Batardeau

‖Ba′tar‐deau″ (�), n. 1. A cofferdam. Brande & C.2. (Mil.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on b...

1016

Batatas

{ ‖Ba‐ta″tas (�), ‖Ba‐ta″ta (�), } n. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomæa batatas).

1017

Batavian

Ba‐ta″vi‐an (�), a. Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) Batavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.Batavian Republic, the name given to Holla...

1018

Batavian (2)

Ba‐ta″vi‐an, n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. Bancroft.

1019

Batch

Batch (�), n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. gebäck and D. baksel. See Bake, v. t.]1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.2. A quantity of anything produc...

1020

Bate

Bate (�), n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.] Strife; contention. Shak.

1021

Bate (2)

Bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bated; p. pr. & vb. n.Bating.] [From abate.] 1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.He must either bate t...

1022

Bate (3)

Bate, v. i. 1. To remit or retrench a part; — with of.Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine.Dryden.2. To waste away. Shak.

1023

Bate (4)

Bate (�), v. t. To attack; to bait. Spenser.

1024

Bate (5)

Bate, imp. of Bite. Spenser.

1025

Bate (6)

Bate, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. Bait to flutter.] To flutter as a hawk; to bait. Bacon.

1026

Bate (7)

Bate, n.(Jewish Antiq.) See 2d Bath.