Hypertext Webster Gateway: "batting"
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)
Batting \Bat"ting\, n.
1. The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in
playing games of ball. --Mason.
2. Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.;
as, cotton batting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
batting
n : (in baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
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