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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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12 words match “BATTLED”

BATTLED p.
Embattled. [Poetic] Tennyson.
BATTLEDOOR n. 2 definitions
parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.
EMBATTLED a. 3 definitions
Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.
ENBATTLED a.
Embattled. [Obs.]
BATAILLED a.
Embattled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EMBATTLE v. 2 definitions
battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.
PING-PONG n.
An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net.
RETURN v.
gain to the same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." Chaucer. On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton. If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19.
SHUTTLECOCK n.
A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
SPATULATE a.
Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base. [Also written spathulate.]
UNSTATE v.
To deprive of state or dignity. [R.] High-battled Cæsar will unstate his happiness. Shak.
WAR n.
Forces; army. [Poetic] On their embattled ranks the waves return, And overwhelm their war. Milton.