Battuta

[It. battuta, from battere, to beat.] ( Mus.) The measurement of time by beating. Bat'tye, n. (Sport.) See BATTUE. Bat'u Khan, sovereign of Kaptschak. He was grandson of Jenghis Khan, and succeeded to the throne in 1233. His dominions comprehended all the Mogul conquests to the W. of the Caspian Sea. After lending his a istance to the grand Khan Oktai in the conquest of China, he overran and subjugated Ru ia, which remained under the dominion of the khans of Kaptschak for 250 years. In 1241, and subsequent years, he conquered and wasted Poland and Hungary. D. 1254. Baturin, ( ba'too - rin ,) a town of European Ru ia, gov. of Tchernigoff, on the Seim, an affluent of the Desna; pop . about 5,500. The Hetman of the Ukraine Co acks resided here from 1699 to 1708. Mazeppa was one of these. Batyllus, ( bă - til'us ,) a beautiful youth of Samos, greatly beloved by Poly crates the tyrant, and by A nacre on. Batz, n.; pl. BATZEN. [Ger.] ( Com .) A silver coin with a mixture of copper, still current in some parts of Switzerland. It is worth about 4 cents. Baubau'go Creek, in Indiana, flows into St. Joseph's River a short distance above Mishawaka.