bâtardise, n.f., bastardy, spuriousness.
☉batate (bot.). V. patate.
batavique, adj. V. larme.
batayole, n.f., (nav.) stanchion.
bâté, -e, part., saddled with a pack. Il n’y a point d’âne plus mal — que celui du commun; what is everybody’s business is always badly done.
bateau, n.m., boat, barge, bark; body of a coach. — à vapeur; steamer, steamboat. — d’agrément; pleasure-boat. — non ponté; open boat. — pêcheur; fishing-boat. — délesteur; ballast-boat, lighter. Porter —; (of rivers) to to be navigable. — lavoir, à lessive; washerwoman’s boat. — de passage; ferry-boat. — feu; light-ship. Arriver en trois —x; to come with great fuss; in great state.
batelage (-laj), n.m., juggling, juggler’s trick, legerdemain; boating.
batelée (-lée), n.f., boat-load, boatful of people; crowd, flock.
batelet (-lè), n.m., a little boat.
bateleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., juggler, buffoon, mountebank, merry-andrew, vaulter, rope-dancer.