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As nouns the difference between terms and battel

is that terms is while battel is or battel can be (uk|oxford university|mostly|in the plural) provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.

As an adjective battel is

(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive.

As a verb battel is

to make fertile.

terms

English

Noun

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    battel

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) A single combat.
    • trial by battel'''; wager of '''battel

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
    • A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. — Fairfax.

    Verb

    (battell)
  • To make fertile.
  • * Ray
    • To battel barren land.
  • (UK, Oxford University) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.

    • Noun

  • (UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.
    • (Webster 1913)