Definition of "battel"

battel¹

noun
plural battels
1. Archaic spelling of battle.
2. (UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.

battel²

adjective
comparative more battel, superlative most battel
1. (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
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  a battel soil for grain, for pasture good
  1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes
verb
third-person singular simple present battels, present participle batteling or battelling, simple past and past participle batteled or battelled
1. (transitive) To make fertile.
2. (transitive, intransitive, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
  Quotations
  Troth, and for mine owne part, I am a poore Gentleman, & a Scholler, I haue beene matriculated in the Vniuerſitie, wore out ſixe Gownes there, ſeene ſome fooles, and ſome Schollers, ſome of the Citty, and ſome of the Countrie, kept order, went bare-headed ouer the Quadrangle, eate my Commons with a good ſtomacke, and Battled with Diſcretion; at laſt, hauing done many ſlights and trickes to maintaine my witte in vſe (as my braine would neuer endure mee to bee idle,) I was expeld the Vniuerſitie, onely for ſtealing a Cheeſe out of Ieſus Colledge.
  1607, W. S. [attributed to Thomas Middleton or William Shakespeare (doubtful)], The Pvritaine. Or The VViddovv of Watling-streete. […], imprinted at London: By G[eorge] Eld, Act I
3. (intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural battels
1. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
2. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
3. (UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

battel³

verb
third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled
1. (intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
2. (transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.

Definition of "battel"

battel1

noun

battel2

adjective

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battel3

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battel²

battel³