Helen Fenton

Batardeau: Definition and part of speech

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Batardeau

  1. n. A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
  2. n. A cofferdam.

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.

Batavian: Definition and part of speech

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Batavian

  1. n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.

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.

Batch: Definition and part of speech

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Batch

  1. v. t. A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business.
  2. v. t. The quantity of bread baked at one time.

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.

Bate: Definition and part of speech

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Bate

  1. n. Strife; contention.
  2. v. t. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
  3. v. t. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
  4. v. t. To leave out; to except.
  5. v. t. To remove.
  6. v. t. To deprive of.
  7. v. i. To remit or retrench a part; — with of.
  8. v. i. To waste away.
  9. v. t. To attack; to bait.
  10. imp. of Bite.
  11. 1n. 1 Strife; contention.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

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.