BATENITES
BAT'ENITES, BAT'ENISTS, or BATE'NIANS, noun A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the abominable practices of the Ismaelians and Kirmatians. The word signified eso...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BATFOWLER
BAT'FOWLER, noun One who practices, or is pleased with bat-fowling.
BATFOWLING
BAT'FOWLING, noun 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 to the light are caught ...
BATFUL
BAT'FUL, adjective [See Batten.] Rich, fertile, as land. [Not in use.]
BATH
B'ATH, noun1. A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge or wash their bodies in. Baths are warm or tepid, hot or cold, more generally ca...
BATH-ROOM
B'ATH-ROOM, noun An apartment for bathing.
BATHE
BATHE, verb transitive1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath; it often differs from ordinary washing in a longer application of water, to the body o...
BATHED
BA'THED, participle passive Washed as in a bath; moistened with a liquid; bedewed.
BATHER
BA'THER, noun One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water, or who applies a liquid to himself or to another.
BATHING
BA'THING, participle present tense Washing by immersion, or by applying a liquid; moistening; fomenting.BA'THING, noun The act of bathing or washing the body in water.
BATHING-TUB
BA'THING-TUB, noun A vessel for bathing, usually made either of wood or tin. In the Royal Library at Paris, I saw a bathing-tub of porphyry, of beautiful form and exquisite work...
BATHOS
BA'THOS, noun The art of sinking in poetry.
BATING
BA'TING, participle present tense [from bate.] Abating; taking away; deducting; excepting.Children have few ideas, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst.
BATINIST
BAT'INIST. [See Batenites.]
BATIST
BAT'IST, noun A fine linen cloth made in Flanders and Picardy, of three different kinds or thicknesses.
BATLET
BAT'LET, noun [from bat.] A small bat, or square piece of wood with a handle, for beating linen when taken out of the buck.
BATMAN
BAT'MAN, noun A weight used in Smyrna, of six okes, each of 400 drams; equal to 16 lbs.6 ox. 15 dr. English.
BATON
BATOON' or BAT'ON, noun A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors.
BATOON
BATOON' or BAT'ON, noun A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors.
BATRACHITE
BAT'RACHITE, noun [Gr.a frog.] A fossil or stone in color resembling a frog.
BATRACHOMYOMACHY
BAT'RACHOMYOM'ACHY, noun [Gr.a frog, a mouse, and a battle.]The battle between the frogs and mice; a burlesque poem ascribed to Homer.
BATRACIAN
BATRA'CIAN, adjective [Gr.a frog.] Pertaining to frogs; an epithet designating an order of animals, including frogs, toads and similar animals.BATRA'CIAN, noun An animal of the ...
BATTABLE
BAT'TABLE, adjective Capable of cultivation. [Not in use.]
BATTAILANT
BAT'TAILANT, noun [See Battle.] A combatant. [Not used.]
BATTAILOUS
BAT'TAILOUS, adjective [See Battle.] Warlike; having the form or appearance of an army arrayed for battle;; marshaled, as for an attack.
BATTALIA
BATTAL'IA, noun [See Battle.]1. The order of battle; troops arrayed in their proper brigades, regiments, battalions, etc., for action.2. The main body of any army in array, dist...
BATTALION
BATTAL'ION, noun [See Battle.] A body of infantry, consisting of from 500 to 800 men; so called from being originally a body of men arrayed for battle. A battalion is generally ...