ProphetesAI is thinking...
battable
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
battable
▪ I. † ˈbattable, a. Obs. Also 6–7 batable. [f. bat- (see batten v.) + -able.] Of pasture-land: Good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening; fertile in pasture.1570–87 Holinshed Scot. Chron. (1806) I. 8 There is good grasse and verie batable for their heards. 1589 Fleming Virg. G...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Debatable Lands
The name either signifies litigious or disputable ground, or it comes from the Old English word 'battable' (land suitable for fattening livestock).
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
batful
† ˈbatful, a. Obs. [f. bat- (see batten v.) + -ful; a favourite word of Drayton's.] = battable.1549 Thomas Hist. Italy 1 Fertile fieldes, pleasaunt hilles, batfull pastures, &c. 1607 J. Davies Summa Tot. (1875) 26 The Beggers Belly is the batful'st ground That we can sow in. 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. x...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
batable
▪ I. † ˈbatable, a. Obs. Also 7 bateable, 7–8 battable. [Shortened form of debatable; cf. bate n.1] Debatable, disputed; used esp. of the ‘debatable ground’ on the Scottish border.1453 in Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 337 The Batable Landes in the Westmarch. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII, xvi, The batable groun...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
batsome
† ˈbatsome, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. bat- (see batten v.) + -some: cf. batful.] = battable.1555 Bonner Necess. Doctr. L i, He had planted them in a batsome and frutefull countrey.
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
ductile
ductile, a. (ˈdʌktɪl, -aɪl) Also 7 -il. [a. F. auctile (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. ductilis that may be led or drawn, f. dūcĕre to lead.] 1. Of metal: a. That may be hammered out thin; malleable; flexible, pliable, not brittle. Still frequent in literary use: for technical use, see b.a 1340 ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
battle
▪ I. battle, n. (ˈbæt(ə)l) Forms: 3–6 batayle, 4–6 bataile, -ayl, -ail, 4 bateil, -al, 4–5 bataill(e, batel(e, 5 batayll(e, -aill, -eyl, -eil, -elle, -ill, (Sc.) battalȝe, 5–6 batel(e, battayle, battal(l, 5–7 batell, battell, 6 batyl, battaille, -ayl(l, (Sc.) battal, 6–7 battail(e, batle, 6–9 battel...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai