BAT
Bat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Batted (p. pr. & vb. n. Batting.]
Defn: To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
Holland.
BAT
Bat, v. i.
Defn: To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
BAT Bat, n. Etym: [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften- bakke] (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa] (natt night), Icel. le (le leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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. Bat tick (Zoöl.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
BATABLE
Bat"a*ble, a. Etym: [Abbrev. from debatable.]
Defn: Disputable. [Obs.]
Note: The border land between England and Scotland, being formerly a subject of contention, was called batable or debatable ground.
BATAILLED
Bat"ailled, a.