different between barful vs batful
barful
English
Etymology
bar +? -ful
Adjective
barful (not comparable)
- (archaic) Full of obstructions.
Noun
barful (plural barfuls)
- Enough people to fill a bar.
- 1999, Salon It's not funny November
- by the time he figured out that he would not have been required to stand and salute even if "Molly Malone" were the Irish national anthem, he already had a barful of drunken farmers laughing their Guinness-soaked heads off at him.
- 1999, Salon It's not funny November
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batful
English
Alternative forms
- batfull (obsolete)
Etymology
From bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) +? -ful.
Adjective
batful (comparative more batful, superlative most batful)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 3 p. 47[1]:
- The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound,
- The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground;
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 3 p. 47[1]:
Related terms
- battle
- batten
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