Part 946

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A blow with a stick or cudgel.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.</def>

<h1>Bastinado</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas`ti*na"do</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bastinadoes</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bastinadoing</er>.] <def>To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.</def>

<h1>Bastion</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bastion</ets> (cf. It. <ets>bastione</ets>), fr. LL. <ets>bastire</ets> to build (cf. F. <ets>b<?/tir</ets>, It. <ets>bastire</ets>), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to lift, carry, and to E. <ets>baston</ets>, <ets>baton</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent <i>bastions</i> are connected by the <i>curtain</i>, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the <i>gorge</i>. A <i>lunette</i> is a detached bastion. See <er>Ravelin</er>.</def>

<h1>Bastioned</h1> <Xpage=123>

<hw>Bas"tioned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.</def>

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<h1>Basto</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bas"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>The ace of clubs in qua<?/rille and omber.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Baston</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bas"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>baston</ets>, F. <ets>b<?/ton</ets>, LL. <ets>basto</ets>. See <er>Bastion</er>, and cf. <er>Baton</er>, and 3d <er>Batten</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A staff or cudgel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To fight with blunt <i>bastons</i>."

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Baton</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.</def>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Basyle</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bas"yle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> base + <ets><?/</ets> wood. See <er>-yl</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.</def>

<h1>Basylous</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bas"y*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to <i>chlorous</i>.</def>

<i>Graham.</i>

<h1>Bat</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>batte</ets>, <ets>botte</ets>, AS. <ets>batt</ets>; perhaps fr. the Celtic; cf. Ir. <ets>bat</ets>, <ets>bata</ets>, stick, staff; but cf. also F. <ets>batte</ets> a beater (thing), wooden sword, <ets>battre</ets> to beat.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Shale or bituminous shale.</def>