Word
Battery
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
bat-ter-y
Definition
- v. t. - The act of battering or beating.
- v. t. - The unlawful beating of another. It includes every
willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person
or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.
- v. t. - Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for
attack or defense.
- v. t. - Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
- v. t. - A company or division of artillery, including the
gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a
battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns.
- v. t. - A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that
they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.
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