1. Batt
2. British; rate of speed; gait
3. Binge

Historic city in Avon, England; Industries include printing, plastics, and engineering.
features
Hot springs; the ruins of the baths after which it is named, as well as a great temple, are the finest Roman remains in Britain. Excavations 1979 revealed thousands of coins and “curses”, offered at a place which was thought to be the link between the upper and lower worlds. The Gothic Bath Abbey has an unusually decorated west front and fan vaulting. There is much 18th-century architecture, notably the Royal Crescent by John Wood. The Assembly Rooms 1771 were destroyed in an air raid 1942 but reconstructed 1963. The Bath Festival Orchestra is based here.
history
The Roman spa town of Aquae Sulis (“waters of Sul”—the British goddess of wisdom) was built in the first 20 years after the Roman invasion. In medieval times the hot springs were crown property, administered by the church, but the city was transformed in the 18th century to a fashionable spa, presided over by “Beau” Nash. At his home here the astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus 1781. Visitors included the novelists Tobias Smollett, Henry Fielding, and Jane Austen.
1. A tub in which ones soaks one's body.
2. The act of soaking one's body in order to clean it.
3. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
4. An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons.

A heavy usually wooden club; specifically; a police officer's club

A rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement).

ETYM French maillet, dim. of mail. Related to Mall a beetle.
1. A light hammer with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments.
2. A short-handled hammer with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge; SYN. carpenter's mallet.
3. An implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports to hit a ball.

(Homonym: mall, moll).
A heavy long-handle hammer used to drive stakes or wedges; SYN. sledge, sledgehammer.

1. A block or die used to imprint a mark or design.
2. A symbol that is the result of printing; SYN. impression.
3. A printed coupon issued by a postal service to show that payment for delivery has been made; is usually affixed to the envelope.
4. A type or class
5. A heavy bar that moves vertically for crushing ores; SYN. pestle.

The lower joint of the leg of a fowl, the segment of a fowl's leg between the thigh and tarsus.

Not to regard; to pay no attention to.

To allow the other team to score:, in baseball; SYN. allow.

To omit.

ETYM French bataillon, from Italian battaglione. Related to Battalia.
Or unit, Basic personnel unit in the military system, usually consisting of four or five companies. A battalion is commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Several battalions form a brigade.
1. A large indefinite number; SYN. large number, multitude, pack.
2. An army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies.

1. City in Illinois (USA); zip code 60510.
2. City in Iowa (USA); zip code 52533.
3. City in New York (USA); zip code 14020.
4. Village in Ohio (USA); zip code 45103.
Former name (to 1949) for Jakarta, capital of Indonesia on the island of Java.

ETYM French batterie, from battre. Related to Batter.
1. Group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place.
2. A collection of related things intended for use together.
3. A series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores; SYN. stamp battery.
4. An intentional physical attack or beating that causes unlawful violence to another person; SYN. assault, assault and battery.

Any energy-storage device allowing release of electricity on demand. It is made up of one or more electrical cells. Primary-cell batteries are disposable; secondary-cell batteries, or accumulators, are rechargeable. Primary-cell batteries are an extremely uneconomical form of energy, since they produce only 2% of the power used in their manufacture.
The common dry cell is a primary-cell battery based on the Leclanché cell and consists of a central carbon electrode immersed in a paste of manganese dioxide and ammonium chloride as the electrolyte. The zinc casing forms the other electrode. It is dangerous to try to recharge a primary-cell battery.
The lead–acid automobile battery is a secondary-cell battery. The car’s generator continually recharges the battery. It consists of sets of lead (positive) and lead peroxide (negative) plates in an electrolyte of sulfuric acid (battery acid).
The introduction of rechargeable nickel–cadmium batteries has revolutionized portable electronic newsgathering (sound recording, video) and information processing (computing). These batteries offer a stable, short-term source of power free of noise and other electrical hazards.
Some electronic machines now have batteries with anodes made of lithium. These batteries can hold their charge for up to five years; they cannot, however, be recharged. In contrast, new lithium ion batteries have anodes of carbon and cathodes made of a compound of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese, together with an electrolyte made of a mixture of propylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate. The battery delivers 3.6 volts compared with 1.2 volts from nickel–cadmium batteries and can be recharged up to 1,200 times.
Two or more cells in a container that produce an electrical current when two electrodes within the container touch an electrolyte. In personal computers, batteries are used as an auxiliary source of power when the main power is shut off, as a power source for laptop and notebook computers (rechargeable batteries, such as nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, and lithium ion, are used), and as a method to keep the internal clock and the circuitry responsible for the part of RAM that stores important system information always powered up. See also lead ion battery, lithium ion battery, nickel cadmium battery, nickel metal hydride battery, RAM.
A device for storing and discharging electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series; SYN. electric battery.