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Webster 1913 Edition


Batman

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Bat′man

(băt′măn)
,
Noun.
[Turk.
baṭman
.]
A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.
Simmonds.

Bat′man

(ba̤′man or băt′man)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Batmen
(băt′men)
.
[F.
bât
packsaddle + E.
man
. Cf.
Bathorse
.]
A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Batman

BAT'MAN

,
Noun.
A weight used in Smyrna, of six okes, each of 400 drams; equal to 16 lbs.6 ox. 15 dr. English.