Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Battalion (v. t.) To form into battalions.
(2) - Battalion (n.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.
(3) - Battalion (n.) A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

(1) - Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
(2) - Batten (v. t.) To furnish or fasten with battens.
(3) - Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.
(4) - Batten (v. i.) To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
(5) - Batten (v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
(6) - Batten (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.

(1) - Batter (n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.
(2) - Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.
(3) - Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
(4) - Batter (v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
(5) - Batter (v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.
(6) - Batter (v. t.) A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
(7) - Batter (v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
(8) - Batter (v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
(9) - Batter (v. t.) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

(1) - Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.
(2) - Battery (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
(3) - Battery (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.
(4) - Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc.
(5) - Battery (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.
(6) - Battery (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.
(7) - Battery (v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns.
(8) - Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
(9) - Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense.
(10) - Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.
(11) - Battery (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.

(1) - Batting (n.) Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.
(2) - Batting (n.) The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.
(3) - Batting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bat