Webster's Dictionary 1913

1027

Bate (8)

Bate, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and E. bite.] An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; — employed in the preparation of hides; grain...

1028

Bate (9)

Bate, v. t. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

1029

Bateau

‖Ba‐teau″ (�), n.; pl.Bateaux (�). [F. bateau, LL. batellus, fr. battus, batus, boat, which agrees with AS. bāt boat: cf. W. bad boat. See Boat, n.] A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed...

1030

Bated

Bat″ed (�), a. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Macaulay.

1031

Bateful

Bate″ful (�), a. Exciting contention; contentious. “It did bateful question frame.” Sidney.

1032

Bateless

Bate″less, a. Not to be abated. Shak.

1033

Batement

Bate″ment (�), n. [For Abatement. See 2d Bate.] Abatement; diminution. Moxon.Batement light(Arch.), a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill...

1034

Batfish

Bat″fish′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spin...

1035

Batfowler

Bat″fowl′er (�), n. One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.

1036

Batfowling

Bat″fowl′ing (�), n. [From Bat a stick.] A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying ...

1037

Batful

Bat″ful (băt″fụl), a. [Icel. bati amelioration, batna to grow better; akin to AS. bet better. Goth. ga-batnan to profit. √255. Cf. Batten, v. i., Better.] Rich; fertile. “Batful...

1038

Bath

Bath (bȧth; 61), n.; pl.Baths (bȧt͡hz). [AS. bæð; akin to OS. & Icel. bað, Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. bähen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of...

1039

Bath (2)

Bath (�), n. A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

1040

Bath (3)

Bath (�; 61), n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in th...

1041

Bathe

Bathe (bāt͡h), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bathed (bāt͡hd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bathing.] [OE. baðien, AS. baðian, fr. bæð bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.] 1. To wash by immersion, ...

1042

Bathe (2)

Bathe (�), v. i. 1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. “They bathe in summer.” Waller.2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. “To bathe in fiery floods.” Sha...

1043

Bathe (3)

Bathe, n. The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.

1044

Bather

Bath″er (bāt͡h″ẽr), n. One who bathes.

1045

Bathetic

Ba‐thet″ic (�), a. Having the character of bathos.

1046

Bathing

Bath″ing (�), n. Act of taking a bath or baths.Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.

1047

Bathmism

Bath″mism (�), n. See Vital force.

1048

Bathometer

Ba‐thom″e‐ter (�), n. [Gr. βάθοσ depth + -meter.] An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.

1049

Bathorse

Bat″horse′ (�), n. [F. bât packsaddle (cheval de bât packhorse) + E. horse. See Bastard.] A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.

1050

Bathos

Ba″thos (bā″thŏs), n. [Gr. βάθοσ depth, fr. βαθύσ deep.] (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

1051

Bathybius

‖Ba‐thyb″i‐us (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. βαθύσ deep + βίοσ life] (Zoöl.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved i...

1052

Bathygraphic

Bath′y‐graph″ic (?), a. [Gr. � deep + graphic.] Descriptive of the ocean depth; as, a bathygraphic chart.

1053

Bathymetric

{ Bath′y‐met″ric (�), Bath′y‐met″ric‐al (�), } a. Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.