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\Bat\, n. [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr. the
Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F.
batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.]
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. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan.
3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables;
batting.
4. A part of a brick with one whole end.
{Bat bolt} (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt
or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight.
\Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Batted} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Batting}.]
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
--Holland.
\Bat\, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
\Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan.
aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night),
Icel. le[eth]r-blaka (le[eth]r leather), Icel. blaka to
flutter.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 tick} (Zo["o]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the
genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats.
\Bat\, n. [Siamese.]
Same as {Tical}, n., 1.
\Bat\, v. t. & i. 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
\Bat\, n. 1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. 2. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang] 3. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 4. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] ``A vast host of fowl . . . making at full bat for the North Sea.'' --Pall Mall Mag. 5. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.] 6. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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