To beat upon or against; strike with repeated blows; pound violently, as with the fist, a hammer or bludgeon, a battering-ram, cannon-shot, etc.: as, to batter a door for admittance; to batter the walls of a city (with or without effect).

To bruise, break, or shatter by beating; injure the substance of by blows; pound out of form or condition: as, to batter a person's countenance; a battered wall or tower; to batter type (that is, bruise the face of it).

In forging, to spread outwardly, as the ends of a metal bar or rod, by hammering; upset.

To act by beating or striking; use repeated blows; practise pounding: as, to batter away at a door; to batter upon a wall; battering cannon.

Specifically, to attempt to breach an enemy's works by means of a battery mounted in the third parallel. To batter in breach, a sufficient number of guns should be employed to maintain a practically continuous fire, so as to prevent the enemy from repairing the damage, and to obtain the cumulative effect due to heavy firing against a single point. Breaching is sometimes accomplished by firing simultaneous or alternate volleys from two or more batteries.

noun. A heavy blow.

noun. In printing, a blur or defect in a sheet produced by battered type; a spot showing the broken state of the type.

noun. In ceramics, a mallet used to flatten out wet clay before molding. See batting-block.

To incline from the perpendicular: said of a wall whose face recedes as it rises: opposed to overhang.

To paste together; cover with things pasted on: as, to batter the walls with placards.

noun. One who bats; especially, in base-ball and cricket, one who wields the bat; the batsman.

noun. A mixture of several ingredients, as flour, eggs, salt, etc., beaten together with some liquid, used in cookery.

noun. Flour and water made into paste; specifically, the paste used in sizing cloth.

noun. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

noun. 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.

noun. The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.

intransitive verb. To slope gently backward.

transitive verb. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish.

transitive verb. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.

transitive verb. To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

noun. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

noun. Paste of clay or loam.

noun. A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

verb. To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

noun. An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

verb. To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

verb. To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

verb. To defeat soundly; to thrash

verb. To intoxicate

noun. The person who tries to hit the ball in a sport like baseball.

noun. A batsman.

noun. A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying

noun. A binge, a heavy drinking session.

verb. strike violently and repeatedly

noun. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

verb. strike against forcefully

verb. make a dent or impression in

noun. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

"126 The word batter comes from the French word battre which means to beat, a reference to beating or whisking in batter preparation."

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