Batter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Batter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batter n (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman] a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking v strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter] strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" Synonym(s): clobber, baste, batter make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" Synonym(s): dinge, batter
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\ (b[acr]t"t[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered} (-t[etil]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. [bd]Each battered jade.[b8] --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. 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.