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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
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the action of the weight, and guides the advanced edge of the bat around the cylinder. See Cottoncleaner. Bat′ting-staff. An implement used by laundresses for beating linen in washing. Batti-tu′ra. The scales which fly off from metals while under the hammer. Battle-axes. Bat′tle-axe. This military weapon is of very remote antiquity, being made of stone before the discovery of metals. (See axe.) It was used by the Sacae, who formed a part of the forces of Xerxes. Brennus, the Gallic king, who captured Rome, was armed with a battle-axe, and in remote ages it appears to have been considered peculiarly as the weapon of an uncivilized people. It was, however, extensively employed during the Middle Ages, and was in use as late as the sixteenth century, when attempts were made to improve it by attaching a pistol to the handle. a, battle-axe from Dr. Abbott's collection of Egyptian antiquities in New York; made of bronze, firmly bound to its original handle by<