Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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battle . - To stand indebted in the college-books at Oxford for provisions and drink from the buttery.
- noun plural At the university of Oxford in England: College accounts for board and provisions supplied from the kitchen and buttery.
- noun The whole of the college accounts for board and lodgings, rates, tuition, and contributions to various funds.
- noun At Eton college, a small allowance of food which, in addition to the college allowance, the collegers receive from their dames.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Eng. Law) A single combat. See Wager of battel, under
wager . - noun Univ. of Oxford, Eng. Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively.
- intransitive verb Univ. of Oxford, Eng. To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
- transitive verb obsolete To make fertile.
- adjective obsolete Fertile; fruitful; productive.
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- adjective obsolete
fertile ;fruitful ;productive
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Examples
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Many men "battel" at the rate of a guinea a week: I did so for years: that is, at the rate of three shillings a day for everything connected with meals, excepting only tea, sugar, milk, and wine.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Many men "battel" at the rate of a guinea a week: I did so for years: that is, at the rate of three shillings a day for everything connected with meals, excepting only tea, sugar, milk, and wine.
Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822
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I am not saying this man did nothing for us, but I am saying that too few in our government really care about us as we are always fighting an uphill battel for Inclusion.
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*Gatherz up cupz tew avoid massiv kitteh-cup battel*
Video: Kitteh Vs. Plastic Water Cup - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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The coming battel of the title is the battle against the Banks ... which we have lost at this point.
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Mah favrit pirate moment is in teh orijinal film of Treasure Island, where Wallace Beery (Long Jon Silvur) sez to Jackie Cooper (Jim) after teh battel:
Pirate cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ebbery pikshure ov blak adn wite kittehs duz nawt hafta meen itz a huuuuuuuge battel between guud adn ebbil awn tihs paurtikular pikshure;
in teh Beginning, ceilin cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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TeePee reely shud no bedder dan 2 challenje supeereeor creture wif de sharpy-pointy endz, iz lozin battel
Meh werk is dun here. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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As young terrorist grow to battel the Satan Bush we will never be safe.
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And when they ioine battel against any other nation, vnles they do all with one consent giue backe, euery man that flies is put to death.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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