Part 959

<h1>Battue</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"tue`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>battue</ets>, fr. <ets>battre</ets> to beat. See <er>Batter</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Battuta</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The game itself.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The wanton slaughter of game.</def>

<i>Howitt.</i>

<h1>Batture</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat`ture"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>battre</ets> to beat. ]</ety> <def>An elevated river bed or sea bed.</def>

<h1>Battuta</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat*tu"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>battuta</ets>, fr. <ets>battere</ets> to beat.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The measuring of time by beating.</def>

<h1>Batty</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or resembling, a bat.</def> "<i>Batty</i> wings."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Batule</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also <altname>batule board</altname>.</def>

<h1>Batz</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Batz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Batzen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Ger. <ets>batz</ets>, <ets>batze</ets>, <ets>batzen</ets>, a coin bearing the image of a bear, Ger. <ets>b\'84tz</ets>, <ets>betz</ets>, bear.]</ety> <def>A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.</def>

<h1>Baubee</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bau*bee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bawbee</er>.</def>

<h1>Bauble</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bau"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>baubel</ets> a child's plaything, F. <ets>babiole</ets>, It. <ets>babbola</ets>, LL. <ets>baubellum</ets> gem, jewel, L. <ets>babulus</ets>,<ets>a baburrus</ets>, foolish.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.</def>

<blockquote>The ineffective <b>bauble</b> of an Indian pagod. <i>Sheridan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fool's club.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>fool's bauble</i> was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it."

<i> Nares.</i>

<h1>Baubling</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bau"bling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, a. See <er>Bawbling</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Baudekin</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bau"de*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bawdekin</ets> rich silk stuff, OF. <ets>baudequin</ets>. See <er>Baldachin</er>.]</ety> <def>The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>baudkin</asp>, <asp>baudkyn</asp>, <asp>bawdekin</asp>, and <asp>baldakin</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Baudrick</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bau"drick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A belt. See <er>Baldric</er>.</def>