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Bat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A heavy stick or club; a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other.

2. bat or bate, a small copper coin of Germany, with a small mixture of silver, worth four crutzers. Also a coin of Switzerland, worth five livres.

3. A term given by miners to shale or bituminous shale.

4. A race of quadrupeds, technically called Vespertilio, of the order primates, in Linne's system. The fore feet have the toes connected by a membrane, expanded into a kind of wings, by means of which the animals fly. The species are numerous. Of these, the vampire or Ternate bat inhabits Africa and the Oriental Isles. These animals fly in flocks from isle to isle, obscuring the sun by their numbers. Their wings when extended measure five or six feet. They live on fruits; but are said sometimes to draw blood from persons when asleep. The bats of the northern latitudes are small; they are viviparous and suckle their young. Their skin resembles that of a mouse. They enter houses in pleasant summer evenings, feed upon moths, flies, flesh, and oily substances, and are torpid during the winter.

Bat [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To manage a bat or play with one.

Bat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. Shale or bituminous shale.

3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

4. A part of a brick with one whole end.

5. One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.

Bat [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

Bat [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

Bat Encyclopedia Britannica

BAT, the common name of a well marked group of Mammals forming the order Cheiroptera {i.e., wing-handed), distinguished from all other members of their class by the possession of true organs of flight. These consist of a delicate membrane stretching from limb to limb on both sides of the body, enclosing the greatly elongated digits of the hand, and in many cases extending beyond the posterior limbs so as to include the tail. Their whole structure bears evidence of special adaptation to the purpose of sustained flight, while their mode of progression on the ground is as awkward as their aerial movements are graceful. The eyes of the bat are usually small, but the organs of the other senses in most cases attain extraordinary development. The external ear is generally large, as in the Longeared Bat of Britain {Plecotus auritus), in which it is equal to the entire length of the body. In the group to which the Horse-shoe Bats {Rhinoloρhus ferrum equinum) belong, the nose is surrounded with leaf-like appendages, the purpose of which is by no means well determined, but which, probably, are as useful to the organ of smelling as is the greatly elongated auricle to that of hearing. In all bats the wing-membrane affords a vast expansion of the sense of touch, which is of such exquisite delicacy that bats which have been deprived of their sight, and as far as possible of hearing and smelling, are yet able by it alone to fly about in perfect security, avoiding, with apparent ease, all the obstacles that may be placed in their way. By Pliny and other early naturalists the bat, although known to suckle its young, was placed among Birds, and was generally regarded as a creature of ill omen, a superstitious feeling by no means extinct at the present day. Virgil, in speaking of the ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3, p. 431
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Bat Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

עטלף, Lev. xi, 19; Deut. xiv, 18; Isaiah ii, 20; Baruch vi, 22. The Jewish legislator, having enumerated the animals legally unclean, as well beasts as birds, closes his catalogue with a creature whose equivocal properties seem to exclude it from both those classes: it is too much a bird to be properly a mouse, and too much a mouse to be properly a bird. The bat is therefore well described in Deut. xiv, 18, 19, as the passage should be read, “Moreover the _othelaph_, and _every creeping thing that flieth_, is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.” This character is very descriptive, and places this creature at the head of a class of which he is a clear and well-known instance. It has feet or claws growing out of its pinions, and contradicts the general order of nature, by creeping with the instruments of its flight. The Hebrew name of the bat is from עטל _darkness_, and עמ _to fly_, as if it described “the flier in darkness.” So the Greeks called the creature νυκτερὶς, from νὺξ, _night_; and the Latins, _vespertilio_, from _vesper_, “evening.” It is prophesied, Isaiah ii, 20, “In that day shall they cast away their idols to the moles and to the bats;” that is, they shall carry them into the dark caverns, old ruins, or desolate places, to which they shall fly for refuge, and so shall give them up, and relinquish them to the filthy animals that frequent such places, and have taken possession of them as their proper habitation.

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
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Bat printing Webster's Dictionary 1913

A mode of printing on glazed ware.

Bat's-wing [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Batwing

Batable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Disputable. The land between England and Scotland, which, when the kingdoms were distinct, was

2. a subject of contention, was called batable ground.

Batable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Disputable.

Batailled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Embattled.

Batardeau [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A cofferdam.

2. A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.

Batata [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).

Batatas [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A species of tick or mite, found on the potatoes of Surinam. Also the Peruvian name of the sweet potatoe.

Batatas [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Batata

Batavia Encyclopedia Britannica

BATAVIA, a large city and seaport on the north coast of the island of Java, and the capital of all the Dutch settlements in the East. It is situated on both sides of the river Jacatra or Tjiliwong, in a swampy plain at the head of a capacious bay. The streets are for the most part straight and regular, and many of them have a breadth of from 100 to 200 feet. In several cases there is a canal in the centre lined with stone, and defended by low parapets or banks, while almost every street and square is fringed with trees. The old town has greatly changed from what it was in the 18th century. It was then surrounded by strong fortifications, and contained a number of important buildings, such as the town-house (built in 1652 and restored in 1706), the exchange, the infirmary and orphan asylum, and the European churches. But the ramparts were long ago demolished, and most of the public edifices have either fallen into decay or been converted into magazines and warehouses. The great church which was finished in 1760, at an expense of £80,000, had to be taken down in consequence of its foundation having given way. Canals have been filled up, streets have been altered, and the general character of the place considerably modified. All the European inhabitants, except those immediately connected with the shipping, have removed to the New Town, which has been gradually formed by the integration of Weltevreden (Well-content), Molenvliet {Mill-stream), Rijswijk {Rice-town), Noordwijk {North-town), Koningsplein {King’s square), and other suburban villages or stations. The situation of this modern part is higher and healthier; and the grandeur and variety of its buildings far surpass anything to be found in the older section of the city. The misplaced imitation of Dutch ...

As the chief city of the Dutch colonies in the East, Batavia contains numerous buildings connected with the civil and military organization of the Government. The chambers of the Council of the East Indies occupy a spacious edifice in Rijswijk, and the governor-general’s hotel, or town-residence, is situated in the same quarter. In the district of Weltevreden are the new palace, the barracks, and the artillery school, as well as the military and civil hospital, which can accommodate 600 patients, and not far off is the Frederik-Hendrik citadel, which was built in 1837. Further inland, at Meester Cornelis (known for its lake), Î3 a school for under-officers. The Koningsplein is a large open square for military manoeuvres, about 390 feet long and 250 feet broad, surrounded by mansions of the wealthier classes. Noordwijk is principally inhabited by lesser merchants and subordinate officials. There is an orphan-asylum in the district of Parapatta, and a poor-house {Diaconie armenhaus) in Molenvliet. Besides those already mentioned, Batavia has various educational and scientific institutions of note. In 1851 the Government founded a medical school for Javanese, and in 18G0 the “Gymnasium William III.” in which a comprehensive education is bestowed. A society of arts and sciences was established in 1778, a royal physical society in 1850, and a society for the promotion of industry and agriculture in 1853. In addition to the Transactions of these societies—many of which contain valuable contributions to their respective departments in their relation to the East Indies—a considerable number of publications are issued in Batavia. Among miscellaneous buildings of importance may be mentioned the public-hall known as the Harmonie, the freemasons’ lodge, the theatre, the club-house, and several fine hotels.

The population of Batavia is very varied,—the Dutch residents being a comparatively small class, and greatly intermixed with Portuguese and Malays. Here are found members of the different Indian nations, originally slaves; Moors and Arabs, who are principally engaged in navigation, but also inhabit the Rua Malacoa district, and trade in gold and precious stones; Javanese, who are cultivators; and Malays, chiefly boatmen and sailors, and adherents of Mahometanism. But, perhaps, the most important Asiatic element is the Chinese, who are both numerous and industrious. They were long greatly oppressed by the Dutch Government in various paltry ways, and in 1740 they were massacred to the number of 12,000. But in spite of all this they have maintained their position, and now enjoy a happier lot. In 1832 the population was found to consist of 2800 Europeans, 80,000 natives, 25,000 Chinese, 1000 Arabs, and 9500 slaves, a total of 118,300 persons. The number of inhabitants is at present much less.

Batavia is still a great commercial depot, though it has had to contend against the rivalry of Singapore. The bay is rendered secure by a number of islands at its mouth, and is capacious enough for a much larger trafiic than it has ever seen; but it unfortunately grows very shallow towards the shore. Ships of 300 or 400 tons anchor about a mile and a half out; the river is navigable a couple of miles inland for vessels of 30 or 40 tons, but the entrance is narrow, and requires continual attention to keep it open.

The exports from Batavia to the other islands of the archipelago, and to the ports in the Malayan peninsula, are rice, sago, coffee, sugar, salt, oil, tobacco, teak timber and planks, Java cloths, brass wares, &c., and European, Indian, and Chinese goods. The produce of the Eastern Islands is also collected at its ports for re-exportation to India, China, and Europe,—namely, gold-dust, diamonds, camphor, benzoin, and other drugs; edible bird-nests, trepang, rattans, bees’ wax, tortoise-shell, and dyeing woods from Borneo and Sumatra; tin from Banca; spices from the Moluccas; fine cloths from Celebes and Bali; and pepper from Sumatra. From Bengal are imported opium, drugs, and cloths; from China, teas, raw silk, silk piece-goods, varnished umbrellas, coarse China wares, nankeen, paper, and innumerable smaller articles for the Chinese settlers. British manufactures also are largely introduced. The number of British ships that entered in 1870 was 103, with a tonnage of nearly 31,000 tons, the total number of vessels of all nationalities being 783, with a tonnage of nearly 194,000.

Almost the only manufactures of any importance are the distillation of arrack, which is principally carried on by Chinese, the burning of lime and bricks, and the baking of pottery; and even the brick-making is in a decaying condition. The principal establishment for monetary transactions is the Java Bank, established in 1828 with a capital of £500,000; but there are also agencies belonging to the Bank of Rotterdam, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, aud China, as well as a public savings bank.

The Government has a naval establishment at the island of Onrust, about six miles from the city; and among its other accommodations is a large iron floating dock capable of holding vessels 400 feet long. Since 18G9, however, entrance has been refused to merchant ships, which, consequently, feel the lack of proper docks in the harbour. Proposals to build these and to extend the harbour, though frequently under discussion, have had no result. Tramways were introduced into the city in 1867, and are greatly patronized by the native population. A railway to Buitenzorg, where the Government botanical gardens are situated, was opened in 1871, the distance being about 40 miles inland.

Batavia owes its origin to the Dutch general John Petersen Coen, who, in 1619, took the town of Jacatra (which had been built on the ruins of the old Javanese town of Sunda Calappa), destroyed it, and founded in its stead the present city, which soon acquired a flourishing trade and increased in importance. The ruins of Jacatra are to be found between Batavia and Anjol. In 1699 Batavia was visited by a terrible earthquake, and the streams were choked by the mud from the volcano of Gunong Salak (7244 feet high), by which the climate was so affected that the city became notorious for its unhealthiness, and was in great danger of being altogether abandoned. In the twenty-two years from 1730 to 1752, 1,100,000 deaths are said to have been recorded. General Daendals, who was governor from 1808 to 1811, caused the ramparts of the town to be demolished, and began to form the nucleus of a new city at Weltevreden. By 1816 nearly all the Europeans had left the old town. In 1811 a British armament was sent against the Dutch settlements in Java, which had been incorporated by France, and to this force Batavia surrendered on the 8th of August. It was restored, however, to the Dutch by the treaty of 1814.

See Stavorinus, Voyages to the East Indies; Barrow, Voyage to Cochin China; Sir George Staunton, Embassy to China; Daendel, Staat der Ncderl. O. Ind. Bezittungen; Junghuhn, Reisen der Java; Thorn, Mem. of the Conquest of Java; Sir S. Raffles, History of Java; Tèmininck, L'Inde Archip.; Veth, Woordenboek v. Nederl. Ind.

B ATES, WILLIAM, D. D., an eminent Nonconformist divi ne, born in November 1625. He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and removed thence to King’s College in 1644. He was one of the commissioners at the conference in the Savoy, for reviewing the public liturgy, and was concerned in drawing up the exceptions to the Book of Common Prayer. Notwithstanding this he was appointed chaplain to Charles II. soon after the Restoration, and became minister of St Dunstan’s in the West; but he was afterwards deprived of his benefice for nonconformity. Bates was of an amiable character, and enjoyed the friendship of the Lord-Keeper Bridgeman, the Lord-Chancellor Finch, the earl of Nottingham, and Archbishop Tillotson. He published Select Lives of Illustrious ancl Pious Persons, in Latin; and after his death all his works, except his Select Lives, were printed in one vol. fol.; again in 1723; and in 4 vols. 8vo, in 1815. He died in July 1699, in the 74th year of his age.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3, p. 431
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Batavian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the isle of Betaw in Holland, between the Rhine and the Waal. But more generally, the word denotes what appertains to Holland in general.

Batavian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A native of Betaw, or of the Low Countries.

Batavian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.

Batavian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.

Batch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The quantity of bread baked at one time; a baking of bread.

2. Any quantity of a thing made at once, or so united as to have like qualities.

Batch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.

2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business.

Bate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Strife; contention; retained in make-bate.

Bate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To grow or become less; to remit or retrench a part; with of.

2. Abate thy speed and I will bate of mine.

3. Spenser uses bate in the sense of sinking, driving in, penetrating; a sense regularly deducible from that of beat, to thrust.

4. Yet there the steel staid not, but inly bate

5. Deep in the flesh, and open'd wide a red flood gate.

Bate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To lessen by retrenching, deducting or reducing; as, to bate the wages of the laborer; to bate good cheer. [We now use abate.]

Bate Webster's Dictionary 1913

imp. of Bite.

Bate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Strife; contention.

2. See 2d Bath.

3. An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.

Bate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.

2. To waste away.

3. To flutter as a hawk; to bait.

Bate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

3. To leave out; to except.

4. To remove.

5. To deprive of.

6. To attack; to bait.

7. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

Bate-breeding [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Breeding strife. [Not used.]

Bateau [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

batto'. [Latin batillum.] A light boat, long in proportion to its breadth, and wider in the middle than at the ends.

Bateau [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.

Bateaux [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Bateau

Bated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

Bated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Bate

Bateful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Contentious; given to strife; exciting contention.

Bateful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Exciting contention; contentious.

Bateless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Not to be abated.

Bateless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not to be abated.

Batement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Abatement; deduction; diminution. [Bate, with its derivatives, is, I believe, little used, or wholly obsolete in the United States.]

Batement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Abatement; diminution.

Batenists [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A sect of apostates from Mohammedism, who professed the abominable practices of the Ismaelians and Kirmatians. The word signified esoteric, or persons of inward light. [ See Assassins .]

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Genesis 14:8

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim

Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

Exodus 13:18

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

Leviticus 11:19

And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

Leviticus 14:8

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.

Leviticus 14:9

But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.

Leviticus 15:5

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:6

And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:7

And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:8

And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:10

And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:11

And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:13

And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.

Leviticus 15:16

And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:18

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:21

And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

and anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:22

And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:27

And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 16:4

He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

Leviticus 16:24

And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.