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Battel
- - A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
Batten
- noun - a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
- furnish with battens; "batten ships"
- secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
- stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
Batter
- noun - (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
- Knocks about
- make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
- strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
- strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
Battle
- noun - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
- an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
- battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
- fight
Battue
- noun - a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
- indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"
Batule
- - A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batule board.
Bauble
- noun - a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Baulks
- noun - one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- refuse to comply
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"