batman
suomi-englanti sanakirjabatman englannista suomeksi
sotilaspalvelija
Substantiivi
batman englanniksi
(synonyms)
(RQ:Galsworthy Flowering Wilderness)
(quote-book)
To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
1583 July 20, J. Newbery, letter in Hakluyt|Richard Hakluyt's ''The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation'', p. 209:
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1753, G. Thompson & al. in Jonas Hanway's ''Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea'', Vol. I, p. 351:
1819, Abraham Rees, https://books.google.com/books?id=FqI_yvMI6eMC ''The Cyclopaedia'', Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo":
- At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois.
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To climb up or down a rope hand (i.e. as Batman does).
a (vern); a common name of the spiders in the genus (taxlink)