BAT 



Bat 



and about an inch fliick ; the length being pretty confidera- 

 ble, but undetermined. 



The term is chiefly ufcd in fpeaking of doors, Src. which 

 are not framed of wliole deal, &c. with lliles, rails, andpan- 

 ncls like vvaiiifcot, but are made to appear as if they were, 

 by means of tliefe pieces, or battens, braJded on the plain 

 board round the edges, and fon\etimes crofs them, and up 

 and down. 



Hence batten doors, or windows, are fuch as feem to be 

 wainfcot ones, but are not. Thefc are faid to be either 

 fingle or double, as the battens are fitted on to one fid.;, or 

 to both. 



Battens of the hatches, in Sea-language, are nailed along 

 the tarpaulings, and ferve to keep their edges clofe down to 

 the hatches, in order to prevent the water which wafhes over 

 the deck from penetrating into the lower apartments of. 

 the (hip. 



Batten, in Geography, z town of Germany, in the circle 

 of the Upper Rhine, and principality of Upper HefTe, 16 

 miles fouth weft of Waldeck, and 16 north welt of Marburg. 



BATTENBURG. See Batenuourg. 



BATTEN Ki//, a fmall river of America, which rifes in 

 Vermont, and after running north and north-werfterly about 

 30 miles, falls into Hudfon, near Saratoga. • 



BATTERBURY, or Batterby tay, lies on the weft 

 coaft of Ireland, about two miles north eaft from Convitt 

 iflands. It has a narrow entrance, but is above 4 miles broad. 

 N. lat. sf 19'- W. long. 10° 22'. 



BATTERIE, is a French term in Mufc, for that kind 

 of arpeggio; or breaking of chords in a diitinft and detached 

 manner, different from common arpeggios, in the execution 

 of which on keyed-inftruments, no finger is taken off till the 

 note affigned it is again wanted ; and when, on the viohn 

 the notes of a chord arc not, as ufual, fwept up and down 



in one bow, but cither all to be bowed or fcparated by a 

 tremulous motion of the bow. 



In this article of the Encycl. Meth. after the definition of 

 the term Batterie, and a neceffary addition by M. Framery, 

 are inferted, the Abbe Feytou takes the pen, and in treating 

 the fubjetl metaphyfically, manifefts deep reflexion and 

 fcience in the theory of found ; but with a total difregard to 

 the praflice of the greateft compofers and performers, who 

 have produced pleafing effedls by the very means which he 

 prohibits. 



BATTERING-Ram. See Aries. 



BATTERiNG-/?affu, in Heraldry, a bearing or coat of 

 arms refenibling the military engine of the fame name. 



Battering, the attacking a place, work, or the like, 

 with heavy artillery. See Battery. 



To Batter in Breach, battre en hreche, is to play furioufly 

 on a work, as the angle of a half moon, in order to demo- 

 li(h and make a gap or breach in it. 



In this, they obferve never to fire a fingle piece againft 

 the top of the wall, but all towards the bottom, from three 

 to fix feet from the ground ; they alfo fire par camarade, a/l 

 together, till they perceive the earth fall from behind the 

 lining of the rampart. 



Battering Pieces, or pieces of battery. See Cannok. 



BATTEROW, in Geography, lies on the weft coaft of 

 Africa, 2 leagues from Dixcove, and 5 leagues more from 

 cape Three points to the north of the eaft. 



BATTERSEA, a village and parifti near London, in 

 the county of Surry; v/here above 300 acres of land are oc- 

 cupied by the market gardeners, of whom there are about 

 twenty, who rent from 5 or 6 to nearly 60 acres each. 

 The gardens at Batterfea pay feven (hillings and fixpence 

 per acre for tythes to their vicar. Lyfons's Environs of 

 London, vol. i. p. 27. 



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