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Bat
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
(2):
(v. t. & i.) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
(3):
(n.) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
(4):
(n.) Same as Tical, n., 1.
(5):
(n.) A stroke; a sharp blow.
(6):
(v. t. & i.) To wink.
(7):
(n.) A spree; a jollification.
(8):
(n.) A stroke of work.
(9):
(n.) Rate of motion; speed.
(10):
(n.) In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
(11):
(n.) 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.
(12):
(n.) Shale or bituminous shale.
(13):
(n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
(14):
(n.) A part of a brick with one whole end.
(15):
(n.) 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.
(16):
(v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bat.html. 1828.
