Part 953

<blockquote>He held the <b>baton</b> of command. <i> Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>bastard bar</altname>. See <er>Bend sinister</er>.</def>

<h1>Batoon</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Ba*toon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Baton</er>, and <er>Baston</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Bat" print`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Ceramics)</fld> <def>A mode of printing on glazed ware.</def>

<h1>Batrachia</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Ba*tra"chi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> belonging to a frog, fr. <ets><?/</ets> frog.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Batrachian</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Ba*tra"chi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Batrachia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Batrachia.</def></def2>

<h1>Batrachoid</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat"ra*choid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Batrachia</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the <spn>Batrachid\'91</spn>, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.</def>

<h1>Batrachomyomachy</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat`ra*cho*my*om"a*chy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> frog + <ets><?/</ets> mouse + <ets><?/</ets> battle.]</ety> <def>The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.</def>

<h1>Batrachophagous</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat`ra*choph"a*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> frog + <ets><?/</ets> to eat.]</ety> <def>Feeding on frogs.</def>

<i> Quart. Rev.</i>

<h1>Batsman</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bats"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Batsmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.</def> <-- in baseball, usu. called the batter. -->

<h1>Bat's-wing or Batwing</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw><hw>Bat's"-wing"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> or <hw>Bat"wing</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Shaped like a bat's wing; <as>as, a <ex>bat's-wing</ex> burner</as>.</def>

<h1>Batta</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. through Pg. for Canarese <ets>bhatta</ets> rice in the husk.]</ety> <def>Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.</def>

<i> Whitworth.</i>

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<h1>Batta</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>ba<?/<?/a</ets>.]</ety> <def>Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<h1>Battable</h1> <Xpage=125>