in zoology. See Vespertilio.

Bat, Bate, or Batz, a small copper coin, mixed with a little silver, current in several cities of Germany; it is worth four cruziers. It is also a coin in Switzerland, current at five livres, or one hundred fols, French money.

BATABLE ground, that land which lay between Scotland and England, when the kingdoms were distinct, to which both nations pretended a right.