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Webster 1913 Edition

Batter

Bat′ter

(băt′tẽr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Battered
(băt′tẽrd)
;
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.

Bat′ter

,
Noun.
[OE.
batere
,
batire
; cf. OF.
bateure
,
bature
, a beating. See
Batter
,
Verb.
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.

Bat′ter

,
Noun.
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.

Bat′ter

,
Verb.
I.
(Arch.)
To slope gently backward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Batter

BAT'TER

,
Verb.
T.
[L. batuo, to beat. See Beat.]
1.
To beat with successive blows; to beat with violence, so as to bruise, shake, or demolish;, as, to batter a wall.
2.
To wear or impair with beating; as a battered pavement; a battered jade.
3.
To attack with a battering ram.
4.
To attack with heavy artillery, for the purpose of making a breach in a wall or rampart.

BAT'TER

,
Verb.
I.
To swell, bulge or stand out, as a timber or side of a wall from its foundation.

BAT'TER

,
Noun.
[from beat or batter.] A mixture of several ingredients, as flour, eggs, salt, &c., beaten together with some liquor, used in cookery.

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