Helen Fenton

Bauble: Definition and part of speech

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Bauble

  1. n. The fool’s club.
  2. n. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Battalia: Definition and part of speech

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Battalia

  1. n. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.
  2. n. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Battalion: Definition and part of speech

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Battalion

  1. v. t. To form into battalions.
  2. n. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
  3. n. A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Battel: Definition and part of speech

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Battel

  1. a. Fertile; fruitful; productive.
  2. n. A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
  3. n. Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; — only in the pl., except when used adjectively.
  4. v. i. To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
  5. v. i. To make fertile.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Battler: Definition and part of speech

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Battler

  1. n. A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.