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BATTING
batting
(noun) (baseball) the batter’s attempt to get on base
batting, batten
(noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
BAT
bat, flutter
(verb) wink briefly; “bat one’s eyelids”
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
(verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; “We licked the other team on Sunday!”
bat
(verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; “bat the ball”
bat
(verb) use a bat; “Who’s batting?”
bat
(verb) have a turn at bat; “Jones bats first, followed by Martinez”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)
(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
Special cotton for surgery.
Synonyms
• bat, batt
Etymology 2
Noun
batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)
The act of someone who bats.
(cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.
Verb
batting
present participle of bat
Source: Wiktionary
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.
BAT
Bat, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.
Bat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Batted (p. pr. & vb. n. Batting.]
Definition: To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.
Bat, v. i.
Definition: To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
Bat, n. Etym: [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften- bakke] (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa] (natt night), Icel. le (le leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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