battel (plural battels)
Obsolete form of battle.
(UK, legal, obsolete) A single combat.
battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)
(transitive) To make fertile.
(ambitransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the buttery.
• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Obs. form. of Battle.] (Old Eng. Law)
Definition: A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Of uncertain etymology.]
Definition: Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. i.
Definition: To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Batful, Batten, v. i.]
Definition: To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.
Bat"tel, a.
Definition: Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
