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Pronunciation : Bat
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.

t. [imp. & p. p. Batted (p. pr. & vb. n. Batting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften- bakke] (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa] (natt night), Icel. le (le leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: 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?l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913