pres. pple. used advb. Obs. Also bata(u)nt, baitand. [a. OF. batant, pr. pple. of bat-re to beat, in phrase venir batant to come with haste; in form batand, assimilated to native pples. in -AND, q.v.] Hastening, in haste.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., 149. Batand fro Cezile com him a messengere. Ibid., 307. So com þe erle Marschalle baitand to London.
