batta (bat a)

[Anglo-Ind. Hind. batta, Beng. battā (cerebral t).] In British India, agio; discount; difference of exchange. bat tablet (bat'a-bl), a. [ battels, also battles, battells, first found in the 16th century, Latinized Latinized bat batilli, batellæ; a peculiar college use, of uncertain origin. The sense of 'provisions' appears much later than that of 'charges therefor, but, if original, suggests a connection with battel3, battle3, v., feed: see battle3.] 1. pl. At the university of Oxford in England: ( a ) Col provisions supplied batter way, to prevent leaking in stormy weather. (e) A wooden bar or cleat nailed to the beam of a ship, from which the seamen's hammocks are slung. (f) One of the long slips used in the molding-loft of a ship-yard in tracing lines and setting fair the shear of a ship in molding. 2. In com., squared timber of 6 or more feet in length, 7 inches in width, and 24 inches in thickne , used in carpentry and house building for various purposes. Pieces le than 6 feet long are known as batten -ends.3. In weaving, the beam for striking the weft ing the home; a lathe. - Louvered or loovered battens, battens fitted in frames, or between stanchions, in parti tions, etc., at such an angle as to admit air, and yet to prevent dirt from entering. Fincham, Ship-building, iv. 83. See louver. batten2 (bat'n), v. t. [ below during weather. narrow boards held together by means of cro as pasture. Also spelled batable. Masini a made many inward parts of Barbary and Numidia in Africk (before his time, incult and horrid) fruitful and bat table by this means. lege accounts for board and provisio from the kitchen and buttery. (b) The whole of the college accounts for board and lodgings, rates, tuition, and contributions to various funds.-2. At Eton college, a small allowance of food which, in addition to the college allowance, the collegers receive from their dames. Richardson. Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader.