noun
Archaic spelling of battle.
(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
adjective
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
verb
(transitive) To make fertile.
(ambitransitive, obsolete, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
(intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
noun
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
(UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
verb
(intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
(transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.