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Batter

Băt'ter, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BATTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. BATTERING.] [Fr. battre, Pr. batre, It. battere, from Lat. batuere, to strike, beat.]

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shake, or demolish; specifically, to attack with artillery; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
To wear or impair with beating or by use. “A battered jade.” Pope.

verbintransitive

(Arch.) To slope gently backward, as a wall from a person standing before it. Gwilt.

noun

n. [Fr. battre.] (Arch.) A backward slope in the face of a wall, so as to make the plumb-line fall within the base. Weale.

noun

n. [From batter, v. t.]

A mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, salt, &c., beaten together with some liquid, used in cookery. King.
Dirt; loam. [Obs.] Holland.

noun

n. One who holds the bat in cricket.