Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Batter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
(-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren, OF.
batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike,
beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to abate.]
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
batter a wall or rampart.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
``Each battered jade.'' --Pope.
3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure,
bature, a beating. See {Batter}, v. t.]
1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour,
eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
--King.
2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.
3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in
the form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding
slope.
{Batter rule}, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame,
and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall
is regulated in building.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.)
To slope gently backward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
One who wields a bat; a batsman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
batter
n 1: a ballplayer who is batting [syn: {hitter}, {slugger}, {batsman}]
2: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: {buffet},
{knock about}]
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: {clobber}, {baste}]
3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: {dinge}]
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