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Pronunciation : Bat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.]
Definition : 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)

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

t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To slope gently backward.

i. (Arch.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bat"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One who wields a bat; a batsman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913