Definition of battle

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Battle (v. t.) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia..

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Battle-axe :: Battle-axe (n.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
Sword :: Sword (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension..
Sanguinary :: Sanguinary (a.) Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle..
Overbattle :: Overbattle (a.) Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.
Broadax Broadaxe :: Broadax Broadaxe (n.) An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.
Medley :: Medley (n.) The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee..
Gain :: Gain (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize..
Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
Theomachy :: Theomachy (n.) A battle or strife among the gods.
Brattishing :: Brattishing (n.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet..
Heat :: Heat (n.) Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party..
Anxious :: Anxious (a.) Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle..
Battled :: Battled (imp. & p. p.) of Battl.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..
Recreant :: Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven..
Face :: Face (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle..
Knight Banneret :: Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle..
Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) A child's hornbook.
Rush :: Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice..
Battlement :: Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
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