Bat \Bat\, n. [Siamese.]

Same as Tical, n., 1.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bat \Bat\, v. t. & i.

1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bat \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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bat \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bat \Bat\, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

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Bat \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.

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Bat \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)