Vocabulary : Bastinadoing to Bat

Bastinadoing : of Bastinado
Basting : of Baste
Bastion : A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.
Bastioned : Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
Basto : The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.

Baston : A staff or cudgel. ;; See Baton. ;; An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
Basutos : A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, subject to the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs.
Basyle : A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.
Basylous : Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.
Bat : A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc. ;; Shale or bituminous shale. ;; A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. ;; A part of a brick with one whole end. ;; To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. ;; To use a bat, as in a game of baseball. ;; One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire. ;; Same as Tical, n., 1. ;; To bate or flutter, as a hawk. ;; To wink. ;; In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. ;; A stroke; a sharp blow. ;; A stroke of work. ;; Rate of motion; speed. ;; A spree; a jollification. ;; Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

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