BATTELS
\bˈatə͡lz], \bˈatəlz], \b_ˈa_t_əl_z]\
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bat'lz, n.pl. an Oxford term signifying accounts for provisions received from college kitchens and butteries: applied generally to the whole of the sums for tuition, &c., charged in college accounts.--v.i. BAT'TILL, BAT'TEL (Spens.), to fatten. [Late L. batilli, perh. conn. with BATTLE, to feed.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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