The border land between England and Scotland, being formerly a subject of contention, was called batable or debatable ground.
Bat"ailled (&?;), a. Embattled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Ba`tar*deau" (&?;), n. [F.] 1. A cofferdam. Brande & C.
2. (Mil.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
{ ||Ba*ta"tas (&?;), ||Ba*ta"ta (&?;), } n. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomæa batatas).
Ba*ta"vi*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) Batavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.
Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.
Ba*ta"vi*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [R.] Bancroft.
Batch (&?;), n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. gebäck and D. baksel. See Bake, v. t.]