Reverse Dictionary: BATTLE

ADJECTIVES
1380 ► BATTAILOUS ready or eager for battle; fond of fighting; warlike, bellicose, pugnacious → arch.
1400 ► SMART of a battle, attack, etc.: fierce, violent; esp. vigorous and quick
1449 ► MARTIAN pert. to battle or war → obs.
1470 ► MARTIABLE pert. to battle or war; martial → obs.
1591 ► BATTAILANT engaged in battle; prepared for battle; combatant, warlike, fighting → obs.

NOUNS
..888 ► I-WIN battle, war; contest, strife → obs.
..900 ► WAL-SLAUGHT deadly battle → obs., poetic usage
1000 ► SWORD-PLAY fight, battle → obs.
1000 ► CAMP battle, war, martial contest, combat, fight → obs.
1330 ► ORDINANCE battle array or a mode of battle array; also, a display of military force; a host in array → obs.
1375 ► BARGAIN battle, fight, combat, contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, controversy → obs. exc. Sc.
1375 ► SHOWER a battle, an armed conflict; a military assault or attack → obs.
1380 ► SHAKE a charge of men in battle; an onrush → obs.
1393 ► PRESS a crush in battle, the thick of the fight; an affray or mêlée → arch.
1400 ► ACOUNTERING battle, combat → obs.
1400 ► TOIL battle, strife, turmoil → arch.
1432 ► MART battle, war → obs.
1455 ► MALE JOURNEY an unfortunate battle → obs.
1480 ► A FAIR DAY a successful day in battle → obs.
1530 ► A RANGED BATTLE a pitched battle → obs.
1530 ► LARM a call to arms, a signal calling upon men to arm → obs.
1535 ► EDGE line of battle → obs.
1549 ► LARUM a battle-cry; a call to arms; news of an enemy’s approach; any sound to warn of danger 
1568 ► MAIN BATTLE a pitched battle as opposed to mere skirmishing → obs.
1579 ► ACTION a battle, a military engagement 
1623 ► DIMICATION a battle, fight, contest; the act of fighting 
1628 ► ACIES a battle line in a military formation → ancient Rome usage
1805 ► BIRST a battle, an attack, a fight → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1856 ► BRAIN-SHED the scattering of brains in battle → obs.
1888 ► BATRACHOMYOMACHY the battle of the frogs and mice, a mock heroic poem, possibly of the Homeric age → (Bk.)
1899 ► ON-CRY a battle-cry or slogan 
1910 ► RAG a battle, a fight, anything physically energetic → sl.
1915 ► PICTURE SHOW a big battle → World War I Amer. sl.
1919 ► WOODEN CROSS death in battle → services’ sl.
1961 ► CARVE-UP a battle, a fight; a gang war → UK sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1620 ► BATTAILANT a person who does battle; a combatant → obs.
E19.. ► DEATH-HUNTER a person who visits battlefields in order to scavenge for clothes and other saleable items → sl.

VERBS
1000 ► CAMP to contend in battle; to fight → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1275 ► SMITE to come together in conflict or battle; to clash → obs.
1325 ► SMITE to engage in or fight a battle → obs.
1380 ► ABATAYL to embattle → obs. rare
1400 ► ABATTLE to engage in battle → obs. rare
1425 ► RUSE to drive back in battle → obs.
1579 ► AFFRONT to engage in battle; to attack, to assault → obs.
1998 ► DRAW THE ACE to die in battle → sl. (Bk.)