battel
battel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
- 2.Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
- 3.To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
- 4.To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.
- 5.Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is battel.
- What is a single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager called?
- What is provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.] called?
- What is to be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.] called?
- What is to make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray called?
- What is fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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