Batting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

batting
    n 1: (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
    2: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic
       fiber [syn: {batting}, {batten}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Batting \Bat"ting\, n.
   1. The act of one who bats; the management of a bat in
      playing games of ball. --Mason.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.;
      as, cotton batting.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bat \Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Batted} (b[a^]t"t[e^]d); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Batting}.]
   To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
   --Holland.
   [1913 Webster]

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