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Search phrase: bat

Plays

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HamletHam III.iv.191Would from a paddock, from a bat, a gib,Would from a Paddocke, from a Bat, a Gibbe,
MacbethMac III.ii.40Then be thou jocund. Ere the bat hath flownThen be thou iocund: ere the Bat hath flowne
MacbethMac IV.i.15Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,Wooll of Bat, and Tongue of Dogge:

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.64 So slides he down upon his grained bat; So slides he downe vppon his greyned bat;

Glossary

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batcudgel, staff, stick
bat-fowlingcatching birds roosting at night, by hitting them with a club
battybat-like
reremousebat
stool-balltype of bat-and-ball game, with a stool in place of a wicket

Thesaurus

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batreremouse
bat-likebatty

Themes and Topics

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a- as a particle

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