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

'enfilade, or Enfilading battery, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work. -- Battery en écharpe, one that plays obliquely. -- Battery gun, a gun capable of firing a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. -- Battery wagon, a wagon employed to transpor…

An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.

One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid.

A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

lays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. Bayonet clutch. See Clutch. -- Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight.

tive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for). (c) To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).

f some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. (d) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. (e) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

To carry on, or maintain; to have. "The credit of bearing a part in the conversation." Locke.

e top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

ression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.

of a stag. -- To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to get helpers or participators in an enterprise.

Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." South. -- Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.