battel
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(intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
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(intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
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(transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.
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(transitive) To make fertile.
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(ambitransitive, obsolete, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
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(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
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(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
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(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
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(UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
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Archaic spelling of battle. [A contest, a struggle.]
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(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
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