battery wagon (bateriwagon)

Milit., a vehicle accompanying each field-battery to carry tools, paints, oils, veterinary supplies, etc., to be used for repairs and the service of the battery. Battey's operation. See operation. bat-tick (bat'tik), n. A small wingle tick-like The act or proce of washing or smoothing linen with a bat.-2. The proce of beating raw cotton with hazel or holly-twigs, on a frame made of cords, for the purpose of opening the matted locks, or of beating out impurities.-3. Cotton or wool prepared in thick but light matted sheets for quilts or bed-covers, the quilting of garments, etc. Also called bat, batts.-4. The act or manner of using a bat in a game of ball: as, their batting was good. batting-block (bat'ing-blok), n. In ceram., a block of wet plaster upon which clay is flattened out by a batter before it is shaped on the potter's wheel or by a mold and templet. See baiter1, 3.