Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bat"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Bat
The Hebrew word (atalleph') so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut.
14:18) implies "flying in the dark." The bat is reckoned among
the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the
"moles and to the bats" means to carry them into dark caverns or
desolate places to which these animals resort (Isa. 2:20), i.e.,
to consign them to desolation or ruin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bat \Bat\, n. [Siamese.]
Same as {Tical}, n., 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bat \Bat\, v. i.
To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bat
n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form
membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
echolocation by which they navigate [syn: {chiropteran}]
2: a turn batting (in baseball); "he was at bat when it
happened" or "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats" [syn: {at-bat}]
3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
[syn: {squash racket}, {squash racquet}]
4: a bat used in playing cricket [syn: {cricket bat}]
5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games
v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: {flutter}]
3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
4: use a bat; "Who's batting?"
5: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
other team on Sunday!" [syn: {clobber}, {drub}, {thrash},
{lick}]
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