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(1):

(v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.

(4):

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

(5):

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

(6):

(v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.

(7):

(n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.

(8):

(n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

(9):

(v. i.) To slope gently backward.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Batter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/batter.html. 1828.
 
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