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Battled
(gcide) | Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Battled
(-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battling.] [F. batailler, fr.
bataille. See Battle, n.]
To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over
theories.
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To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior.
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Battled
(gcide) | Battled \Bat"tled\, p. p.
Embattled. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
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battledore
(encz) | battledore,plácačka n: Zdeněk Brož |
battledress
(encz) | battledress,polní uniforma n: Zdeněk Brož |
embattled
(encz) | embattled,připravený bojovat Zdeněk Brožembattled,v pohotovosti Zdeněk Brož |
battledoor
(gcide) | battledoor \bat"tle*door`\, n. [OE. batyldour. A corrupted form
of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he
who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador,
warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet,
fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See Battle, n.]
1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with
parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a
shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and
shuttlecock. [Also spelled battledore.]
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2. [OE. battleder.] A child's hornbook. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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battledore
(gcide) | battledoor \bat"tle*door`\, n. [OE. batyldour. A corrupted form
of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he
who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador,
warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet,
fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See Battle, n.]
1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with
parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a
shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and
shuttlecock. [Also spelled battledore.]
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2. [OE. battleder.] A child's hornbook. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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same as battledoor.
Syn: battledore and shuttlecock.
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Embattled
(gcide) | Embattle \Em*bat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embattling.] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) +
F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to
prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
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One in bright arms embattled full strong. --Spenser.
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Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world. --Emerson.
[1913 Webster]Embattled \Em*bat"tled\, a.
1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of
a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
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3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or
field. --J. Baillie.
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Enbattled
(gcide) | Enbattled \En*bat"tled\, a.
Embattled. [Obs.]
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battledore
(wn) | battledore
n 1: a light long-handled racket used by badminton players [syn:
badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore]
2: an ancient racket game [syn: battledore, {battledore and
shuttlecock}] |
battledore and shuttlecock
(wn) | battledore and shuttlecock
n 1: an ancient racket game [syn: battledore, {battledore and
shuttlecock}] |
embattled
(wn) | embattled
adj 1: prepared for battle; "an embattled city"
2: having or resembling repeated square indentations like those
in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: embattled,
battlemented, castled, castellated] |
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