Available Definitions:
1) n. - A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
2) n. - Shale or bituminous shale.
3) n. - A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
4) n. - A part of a brick with one whole end.
5) v. t. - To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
6) v. i. - To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
7) n. - One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.