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Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n.

Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev.

The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

Capable of culti [Obs.] Burton.

Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. Spenser. -- n.

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." Milton.

Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. A drawing up the armies in battalia. Jer. Taylor.

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. "The whole battalion views." Milton.

A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.

To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton.

Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

lows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

One who, or that which, batters.

A train of artillery for siege operations.

1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

The act of battering or beating.