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bat-fowl, v. (ˈbætˌfaʊl) [app. f. bat n.2 + fowl v., as if to go a fowling with bats or clubs. Perhaps afterwards associated with bat the nocturnal animal.] 1. To catch birds at night by dazing them with a light, and knocking them down or netting them.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 26 Batfowlyn (v.r. or go to ... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. bat, n.1 (bæt) Forms: α. 3 ? balke, 4–6 bakke, backe, 5–6 bake, bak, back; β. 6–7 batte, 6–8 batt, 6– bat. [The mod. bat, found c 1575, takes the place of ME. bakke, apparently from Scand.; cf. Da. aften-bakke ‘evening-bat,’ ODa. nath-bakkæ, OSw. (Ihre) natt-backa ‘night-bat.’ Swedish dial. hav... Oxford English Dictionary
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