Part 49 (1/2)

BASTOUN, _s._ A heavy staff, a baton.

Fr. _baston_, _baton_, id.

_Douglas._

BAT, _s._ A staple, a loop of iron, S.

BATAILL, _s._

1. Order of battle, battle-array.

_Barbour._

2. A division of an army, a battalion.

_Barbour._

3. It seems to signify military equipment.

_Barbour._

Fr. _bataille_, order of battle; also, a squadron, battalion, or part of an army; deduced from Germ. _batt-en_, caedere, A. S.

_beatt-an_, id.

BATE, BAIT, _s._ A boat.

_Barbour._

A. S. Alem. Isl. and Su. G. _bat_; C. B. and Ir. _bad_, cymba.

BATHE, BAITH, BAYTH, BAID, _adj._ Both, S. ~Baid~ is the p.r.o.n. of Angus.

_Wyntown._

Moes. G. _ba_, _bai_, _bagoth_; A. S. _ba_, _buta_; Alem. _bedia_, _bedu_, _beidu_; Isl. and Su. G. _bade_; Dan. _baade_; Germ. _beide_; Belg. _beyde_; ambo.

BATIE, BAWTY, _s._ A name for a dog, without any particular respect to species; generally given, however, to those of a larger size; S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Perhaps from O. Fr. _baud_, a white hound; _baud-ir_, to excite dogs to the chace.