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Quotation dates: 1707
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BAT, n.6 As in Eng., a flat-sided stick or club used to strike a ball; in pl. the game of rounders (‡Abd. 1938 Abd. Press & Jnl. (4 April); Ags. 1975). Also in phr. bats and baisies, id. (Abd. 1967). See Baisies. Comb. bat-stone, a belemnite, so called from the bat-like shape of this fossil.Sc. 1707 G. Miege Pres. State N. Britain ii. 18:
The Vellumnites, by the Natives call'd Bat-stones, grow also in those Banks of Clay, some of 'em Twelve Inches long, and tapering towards one end.
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