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  1. 1. n. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A child's hornbook. Source: opted
  3. 3. 1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock. 2. Etym: [OE. battleder.] A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell. Source: webster
  4. 4. A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock. n. A child's hornbook. Source: ecdict

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