Battle-axe

bal'l-aks, n. a kind of axe formerly a petty officer of a church, college, parish, . — used in battle. [A.S bydrl bebdan, to proclaim, to bid. Battledoor, Battledore, bat'I-dflr, «. a light Bead-roll, bed'-rOl, n. among K. Catholics a roll bat for striking a ball or shuttle-cock. [$p. or list of the dead to be prayed for [See Bead batidor a beater, a washing-beetle Beadsman, bed/man, n one employed to pray Battlement, bat'l-meat, a wall or parapet on for others —tern Beads'woman the top of a building with openings or embra- Beagle, be'gl, n a small hound chiefly used in — sures, orig. used only on fortifications adj' hunting hares (Ety unknown] Batt 'lamented. [Frob. from O. Fr. bastille- Beak, bek, n. the bill of a bird anything pointed tnenl--bastir to build or projecting in the ancient galley, a pointed Battue, bat- «. a sporting term in a battue, iron fastened to the prow foi piercing *the the woods are beaten and the game driven into enemy’s ve el —adj Beak'ed. [Fr. bee—Celt. one place for the convenience of the shooters bar, akin to Peak, Pike [Fr —battre, to beat Beaker, bek'er, n a latge drinkmg-bnwl or cup.