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- English Word Baston Definition A staff or cudgel.
- English Word Baston Definition See Baton.
- English Word Baston Definition An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
- English Word Basyle Definition A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.
- English Word Basylous Definition Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.
- English Word Bat Definition A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
- English Word Bat Definition Shale or bituminous shale.
- English Word Bat Definition A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- English Word Bat Definition A part of a brick with one whole end.
- English Word Bat Definition To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
- English Word Bat Definition To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
- English Word Bat Definition One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
- English Word Bat printing Definition A mode of printing on glazed ware.
- English Word Bat's-wing Definition Alt. of Batwing
- English Word Batable Definition Disputable.
- English Word Batailled Definition Embattled.
- English Word Batardeau Definition A cofferdam.
- English Word Batardeau Definition A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
- English Word Batata Definition An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).
- English Word Batatas Definition Alt. of Batata