单词 | battable |
释义 | † battableadj.1 Obsolete. Of pasture-land: Good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening; fertile in pasture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > rich battle1513 batful1549 batsome1555 battable1577 batten1627 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. v. 5/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I There is good grasse, and very batable for their heards. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 27 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks What ground also is battable, or fat and lustie soile. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 53 Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbary..fruitfull and battable by this meanes. 1671 P. Heylyn Help to Eng. Hist. 425 Grounds as battable and rich for the feeding of Cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † battableadj.2 Obsolete. Of metals: That may be hammered or beaten out, malleable. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > types of metal generally > [adjective] > malleable ductilea1340 treatable1340 ductible1413 battable1601 ducible1657 superplastic1947 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 505 The other sort of copper..yeeldeth to the hammer and will be drawne out, whereupon some call it Ductile, i. battable. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Batable, beatable.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.11577adj.21601 |
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