Vocabulary : Bateaux to Bath

Bateaux : of Bateau
Bated : of Bate ;; Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
Bateful : Exciting contention; contentious.
Bateless : Not to be abated.
Batement : Abatement; diminution.

Batfish : A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)
Batfowler : One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.
Batfowling : A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.
Batful : Rich; fertile.
Bath : The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. ;; Water or other liquid for bathing. ;; A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. ;; A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. ;; A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. ;; A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. ;; A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure. ;; A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

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