| • | A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one
   end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball,
   cricket, etc. | 
											
															| • | Shale or bituminous shale. | 
											
															| • | A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables;
   batting. | 
											
															| • | A part of a brick with one whole end. | 
											
															| • | To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. | 
											
															| • | To use a bat, as in a game of baseball. | 
											
															| • | One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which
   the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated
   fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous.
   See Cheiroptera and Vampire. |