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6 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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