Defn: Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.
BATHYMETRY
Ba*thym"e*try, n. Etym: [Gr. depth + -metry.]
Defn: The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea.
BATING
Bat"ing, prep. Etym: [Strictly p. pr. of Bat to abate.]
Defn: With the exception of; excepting. We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. Locke.
BATISTE Ba*tiste", n. Etym: [F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré.]
Defn: Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
BATLET
Bat"let, n. Etym: [Bat stick + -let.]
Defn: A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; — called also batler, batling staff, batting staff. Shak.
BATMAN
Bat"man, n. Etym: [Turk. batman.]