These are the meanings of the letters BAFT when you unscramble them.
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Aft (adv. & a.)
Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
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Bat (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.
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Bat (n.)
Shale or bituminous shale.
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Bat (n.)
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
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Bat (n.)
A part of a brick with one whole end.
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Bat (v. t.)
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
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Bat (v. i.)
To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
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Bat (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.
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Fat (n.)
A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
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Fat (n.)
A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
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Fat (superl.)
Abounding with fat
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Fat (superl.)
Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
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Fat (superl.)
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
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Fat (superl.)
Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
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Fat (superl.)
Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
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Fat (superl.)
Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
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Fat (superl.)
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
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Fat (superl.)
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
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Fat (n.)
An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
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Fat (n.)
The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
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Fat (n.)
Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
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Fat (a.)
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
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Fat (v. i.)
To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
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Tab (n.)
The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
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Tab (n.)
A tag. See Tag, 2.
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Tab (n.)
A loop for pulling or lifting something.
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Tab (n.)
A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
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Tab (n.)
A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.