Bătz, n.

(băts), n.; pl. BĂT'ZEN (băt'sn). [Ger. batz, bätze, batzen, L. Lat. bacio, bacius, bacenus, a coin of Berne, in Switzerland, bearing the image of a bear, from Ger. bätz, betz, bear.] A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland, worth about four cents.