"batlet" meaning in English

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          "text": "Touchstone: I remember, when I was in love I broke my sword upon a stone and bid him take that for coming a-night to Jane Smile; and I remember the kissing of her batlet (var. batler) and the cow's dugs that her pretty chopt hands had milked;",
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          "text": "\"If you come between me and my actions again, I will take a batlet to you.\" He shoved past her so hard that Dougless nearly fell against the wall, and she watched with a heavy heart as he strode angrily down the path and out through the door ...",
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          "word": "batling staff"
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          "word": "batting staff"
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          "word": "battledore"
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          "word": "clap staff"
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          "word": "fuller’s beetle"
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          "word": "laundry bat"
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          "word": "washing beetle"
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          "word": "washing paddle"
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