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‖ batz|bæts|
Also 7 batte, 8 bat.
[Ger. batz, batze; prob. taken as a plural, bats, whence as sing. bat. 17-18th c.]
A small coin worth four kreuzers in Switzerland and South Germany; originally having as device the bear of Berne, where it was first coined.
1625tr. Gonsalvio's Sp. Inquis. 73 Halfe a riall..is as much as a dutch batte, and is worth..3 pence sterling. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Bat, in commerce, a small base silver coin, current in divers parts of Germany and Switzerland at different prices. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. vii. xciv. 434 The currency of such a coin as their bats and driers must be detrimental. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour II. 283 In Franconia, you meet with batzes, eighteen of which make a dollar. |