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||Ba*toi"de*i (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`tos a kind of ray + -oid.] (Zoöl.) The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.

Bat"on (bt"n, F. bä`tôN"; 277), n. [F. bâton. See Baston.] 1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

He held the baton of command. Prescott.

2. (Her.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

Ba*toon" (&?;), n. See Baton, and Baston.

Bat" print`ing (&?;). (Ceramics) A mode of printing on glazed ware.

||Ba*tra"chi*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. batra`cheios belonging to a frog, fr. ba`trachos frog.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Ba*tra"chi*an (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n. One of the Batrachia.

Bat"ra*choid (&?;), a. [Batrachia + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

Bat`ra*cho*my*om"a*chy (&?;), n. [Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle.] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Bat`ra*choph"a*gous (&?;), a. [Gr. ba`trachos frog + fagei^n to eat.] Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev.

Bats"man (&?;), n.; pl. Batsmen (&?;). The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.

{Bat's"-wing" (&?;) or Bat"wing }, a. Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner.

||Bat"ta (bt"t), n. [Prob. through Pg. for Canarese bhatta rice in the husk.] Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

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||Bat"ta (bt/"t), n. [Hind. baa.] Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. [India]

Bat"ta*ble (&?;), a. [See Batful.] Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening. [Obs.] Burton.

Bat"tail*ant (&?;), a. [F. bataillant, p. pr. See Battle, v. i. ] [Obs.] Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. Spenser. -- n. A combatant. Shelton.

Bat"tail*ous (&?;), a. [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.] Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." Milton.

Bat*tal"ia (bt*tl"y; 106), n. [LL. battalia battle, a body of troops. See Battle, n.] 1. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.

A drawing up the armies in battalia. Jer. Taylor.

2. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. [Obs.] Shak.

Bat*tal"ion (-tl"yn; 106), n. [F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione. See Battalia.] 1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. "The whole battalion views." Milton.

2. (Mil.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

Bat*tal"ion (&?;), v. t. To form into battalions. [R.]

Bat"tel (&?;), n. [Obs. form. of Battle.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.

Bat"tel, n. [Of uncertain etymology.] Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]

Bat"tel, v. i. To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]