An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BATTALLING, BATTELLING, s. A battlement.
Douglas.

Fr. bastillé, batillé, turriculis fastigiatus.

BATTAR-AX, s. A battle-ax.
Dunbar.

Fr. battre, Ital. battar-e, to strike; also, to fight.

To BATTER, v. a. To paste, to cause one body to adhere to another by means of a viscous substance, S.

BATTER, s. A glutinous substance, used for producing adhesion, paste, S.

To BATTER, v. a. To lay a stone so as to make it incline to one side, or to hew it obliquely; a term used in masonry, S.

Fr. battre, to beat.

BATTILL-GERS. "Thick, rank, like men in order of battle," Rudd. This, however, may be the same with [baittle], applied to grass that is well stocked, South of S.

Teut. bottel, and bottel-boom, denote the arbutus, or wild strawberry tree.