(transitive) To make fertile. / (transitive, intransitive, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.

(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.

(intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time. / (transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.

plural of batteler

(Oxford University, obsolete) A student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.

plural of battel / (obsolete, UK, school slang) A small sum of money given to pupils.

plural of batteling

plural of wager of battel

Archaic form of wager of battle.