the Indian name of the potato. See CONVOLVULUS.

'BATTLE', a town of Sussex, five miles north-west of Hastings, situated in E. Long. 0.35. N. Lat. 50.55. It was formerly called Epiton; and is the place where William the Conqueror vanquished Harold king of England on October 14. 1066. William, in memory of this victory, erected an abbey, which he called Battel Abbey; and if a criminal could but reach this abbey, he was disfranchised from thence, and was afterwards in no danger for his past faults. The abbey was a large and noble structure, as may be judged by the gateway which is still entire, as well as from the other remains. This place is noted for making gunpowder equal to that of Dantzig; and the best goes by the name of Battel gunpowder.