Part 956

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.</def> "Each <i>battered</i> jade."

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Metallurgy)</fld> <def>To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.</def>

<h1>Batter</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>batere</ets>, <ets>batire</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>bateure</ets>, <ets>bature</ets>, a beating. See <er>Batter</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, <as>as, flour, eggs, milk, etc.</as> , beaten together and used in cookery.</def>

<i>King.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Paste of clay or loam.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Printing)</fld> <def>A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.</def>

<h1>Batter</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.</def>

<cs><col>Batter rule</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Batter</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>To slope gently backward.</def>

<h1>Batter</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who wields a bat; a batsman.</def>

<h1>Batterer</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, batters.</def>

<h1>Battering-ram</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter*ing-ram`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>1. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.</def>

<note>&hand; It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was suspended by ropes t a beam supported by posts, and so balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall.</note>

<i>Grose.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.</def>

<h1>Battering train</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter*ing train`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A train of artillery for siege operations.</def>

<h1>Battery</h1> <Xpage=125>

<hw>Bat"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Batteries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>batterie</ets>, fr. <ets>battre</ets>. See <er>Batter</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of battering or beating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.</def>