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BATTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. from Barros, a garrulous person, and discourse.] A needless ...
BATTOL'OGIZE, v.t. To repeat needlessly the same thing. [Little used.]
BATTOL'OGIST,n. [See Battology .] One that repeats the same thing in speaking or...
BAT'TLING, n. Conflict.
BAT'TLER, n. A student at Oxford.
BAT'TLEMENTED, a. Secured by battlements.
BAT'TLEMENT, n. [This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortif...
BAT'TLE-DOOR, n. bat'tl-dore. An instrument of play,with a handle and a flat boa...
BAT'TLE-AX BAT'TLE-AXE, n. An ax anciently used as a weapon of war. It has been ...
BATTLE-ARRA'Y, n. [battle and array.] Array or order of battle; the disposition ...
BAT'TLE, n. [See Beat .] Owen supposes the Welsh batel, to be from tel, tight, s...
BAT'TISH, a. [from bat, an animal.] Resembling a bat; as a battish humor.
BAT'TING, n. The management of a bat play.
BAT'TERY, n. [See Beat .] 1. The act of battering, or beating. 2. The instrument...
BAT'TERING-RAM, n. In antiquity, a military engine used to beat down the walls o...
BAT'TERING, ppr. Beating; dashing against; bruising or demolishing by beating.