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BATTUE (from Fr. battre, to beat)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 535 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BATTUE (from Fr. battre, to beat)

BATTUE (from Fr. battre, to
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BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)
beat) , the beating of

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GAME

game from

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COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover under the sportsmen's

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FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire; by

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ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy the word is used to describe any slaughter of defenceless crowds .

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