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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, n. [Siamese.] Same as {Tical}, n., 1. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, v. t. & i. 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, n. 1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. 2. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang] 3. A stroke of work [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 4. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] ``A vast host of fowl . . . making at full bat for the North Sea.'' --Pall Mall Mag. 5. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.] 6. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Batted} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Batting}.] To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE back backe, balke; cf Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw natt-backa (natt night), Icel. le[eth]r-blaka (le[eth]r leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. {Bat tick} (Zo["o]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bat \Bat\, n. [OE. batte, botte, AS batt; perhaps fr the Celtic; cf Ir bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf also F. batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.] 1. 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 2. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan. 3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. 4. A part of a brick with one whole end {Bat bolt} (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bat n 1: an implement used in baseball by the batter [syn: {baseball bat}, {lumber}] 2: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate [syn: {chiropteran}] 3: a turn batting (in baseball); "he was at bat when it happened" or "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats" [syn: {at-bat}] 4: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash [syn: {squash racket}, {squash racquet}] 5: a bat used in playing cricket [syn: {cricket bat}] 6: used for hitting the ball in various games v 1: strike with or as if with a baseball bat 2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: {flutter}] 3: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: {clobber}, {drub}, {thrash}, {lick}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bat The Hebrew word (atalleph') so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18) implies "flying in the dark." The bat is reckoned among the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the "moles and to the bats" means to carry them into dark caverns or desolate places to which these animals resort (Isa. 2:20), i.e., to consign them to desolation or ruin. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BAT Baby Advanced Technology [board] AT
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