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battard
† ˈbattard Sc. Obs. Also 6 battart, -irt, batter. [a. OF. bastard, pronounced bâtard (in same sense), perhaps confused in Scotl. with batter vb.] = bastard, or culverin bastard, a small cannon. Similarly battard-falcon, a kind of cannon.1513–75 Diurn. Occurr. (1833) 124 Foure cannonis, twa gross cul...
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botcard
botcard ? for bottard = battard a cannon.c 1565 R. Lindsay Chron. Scotl. 143 Two great Botcards.
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batter
▪ I. batter, v.1 (ˈbætə(r)) Also 4–6 bater(e. [f. the stem bat- ‘beat,’ as in OF. bat-re, Eng. bat v., bat n.2, with freq. suffix -er; cf. stutter, patter.] I. Main senses. 1. trans. (and absol.) To strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon, or with frequent missiles; to beat continuousl...
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