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BATOON' or BAT'ON, n. A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge o...
BAT'MAN, n. A weight used in Smyrna, of six okes, each of 400 drams; equal to 16...
BAT'LET, n. [from bat.] A small bat, or square piece of wood with a handle, for ...
BAT'IST, n. A fine linen cloth made in Flanders and Picardy, of three different ...
BAT'INIST. [See Batenites .]
BA'TING, ppr. [from bate.] Abating; taking away; deducting; excepting. Children ...
BA'THOS, n. The art of sinking in poetry.
BA'THING-TUB, n. A vessel for bathing, usually made either of wood or tin. In th...
BA'THING, ppr. Washing by immersion, or by applying a liquid; moistening; foment...
BA'THER, n. One who bathes; one who immerses himself in water, or who applies a ...
BA'THED, pp. Washed as in a bath; moistened with a liquid; bedewed.
BATHE, v.t. 1. To wash the body, or some part of it, by immersion, as in a bath;...
B'ATH-ROOM, n. An apartment for bathing.
B'ATH, n. 1. A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for pe...
BAT'FUL, a. [See Batten .] Rich, fertile, as land. [Not in use.]
BAT'FOWLING, n. A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other l...