noun. The act of one who bats.

noun. Cotton, wool, or synthetic fiber wadded into rolls or sheets, used for stuffing furniture and mattresses and for lining quilts.

noun. The act or process of washing or smoothing linen with a bat.

noun. The process of beating raw cotton with hazel-or holly-twigs, on a frame made of cords, for the purpose of opening the matted locks, or of beating out impurities.

noun. Cotton or wool prepared in thick but light matted sheets for quilts or bed-covers, the quilting of garments, etc. Also called bat, batts.

noun. The act or manner of using a bat in a game of ball: as, their batting was good.

noun. The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in playing games of ball.

noun. Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc..

noun. cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc

noun. special cotton for surgery.

noun. the act of someone who bats

verb. Present participle of bat.

noun. (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base

noun. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

"But resuming on 456-3, with the pitch flat, a man with a Test century to his name batting at nine and the Indian attack looking like a contradiction in terms, we could genuinely be looking at an England total in excess of 700."

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