adj
Meaning 1
fertile; fruitful; productive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
battel
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noun
Meaning 2
Archaic spelling of battle.
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Usage: alt-of, archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
A single combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Topics: law
Examples
- trial by battel; wager of battel
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noun
Meaning 4
Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
Qualifier: Oxford University
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noun
Meaning 5
Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable
Qualifier: Oxford University
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noun
Meaning 6
A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Qualifier: Eton College
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verb
Meaning 7
To make fertile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To supply with provisions from the buttery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, obsolete
Qualifier: Oxford University
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verb
Meaning 9
To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: Oxford University
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verb
Meaning 10
To waste, especially time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To nullify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *bhedh- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.
From Hebrew בטל.