bâtisse, n.f., building, construction (in masonry).
bâtisseur, n.m., (b.s.) builder; wretched builder.
batiste, n.f., cambric. — de coton; imitation muslin. — de France; French muslin.
bâton, n.m., stick, staff, cudgel, cane, walking-staff, perch, truncheon; straight stroke (writing). — de cannelle; roll of cinnamon. — de commandement; staff of command. — de pavillon; flag-staff. Donner des coups de — à quelqu’un; to cudgel any one. Il l’a menacé du —; he threatened to cane him. — à deux bouts; quarter-staff. Tour du —; by-profit. Faire une chose à —s rompus; to do a thing by fits and starts. Aller à cheval sur un —; to ride on a stick. Faire mourir sous le —; to beat to death. Jeter des —s dans les roues; (fig.) to put spokes in anybody’s wheels, to raise obstacles. Sauter le —; to do anything in spite of one’s self. Tour du —; perquisites, pickings.
bâtonnat, n.m., the presidentship of the order of French advocates.
bâtonner, v.a., to cudgel, to cane, to bastinade; to cross out.
bâtonnet, n.m., cat, tip-cat (boys’ game).
bâtonnier, n.m., staff-bearer; president of the order of French advocates.
bâtonniste, n.m., cudgel-player.
battage, n.m., threshing (grain); striking (metal).