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- English Word Bating Definition of Bate
- English Word Bating Definition With the exception of; excepting.
- English Word Batiste Definition Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
- English Word Batlet Definition A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.
- English Word Batman Definition A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.
- English Word Batman Definition A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.
- English Word Batmen Definition of Batman
- English Word Batoidei Definition The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
- English Word Baton Definition A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
- English Word Baton Definition An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
- English Word Batoon Definition See Baton, and Baston.
- English Word Batrachia Definition The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.
- English Word Batrachian Definition Pertaining to the Batrachia.
- English Word Batrachian Definition One of the Batrachia.
- English Word Batrachoid Definition Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.
- English Word Batrachomyomachy Definition The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.
- English Word Batrachophagous Definition Feeding on frogs.
- English Word Batsman Definition The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.
- English Word Batsmen Definition of Batsman
- English Word Batta Definition Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.