battune

Old form of BATON. bat-ward, s. [From A.S. bat = boat; and Eng. ward , A.S. weard = a keeper.] [BOAT, WARD.] A "boat keeper," i.e., a boatman. ( Scotch .) "Bot scho a batward eftyr that Til hyr spowsyd husband gat, Eftyr that mony a day The Bat ward is land that callyd that" Wyntown, vi. 16,6 * băt'-ğl-döre, s. [BATTLEDOOR.] 466