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Battel

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Bat´tel
n.1.(Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
1.Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; - only in the pl., except when used adjectively.
v. i.1.To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
v. t.1.To make fertile.
a.1.Fertile; fruitful; productive.
A battel soil for grain, for pasture good.
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Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory above his Peers, He trusted to have equal'd the most High, If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud With vain attempt.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
News of the fighting between the barons and the King's forces at Rochester, Battel and elsewhere reached the ears of Norman of Torn a few days after the coming of the King's message, but at the same time came other news which hastened his departure toward the south.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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