Defn: See Baton, and Baston.
BAT PRINTING
Bat" print`ing. (Ceramics)
Defn: A mode of printing on glazed ware.
BATRACHIA Ba*tra"chi*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. belonging to a frog, fr. frog.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the
Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to
Amphibia.
BATRACHIAN
Ba*tra"chi*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Batrachia.
— n.
Defn: One of the Batrachia.
BATRACHOID
Bat"ra*choid, a. Etym: [Batrachia + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.