battel
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English
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Definitions
A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.
Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.