Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (-t[~e]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. ``Each battered jade.'' --Pope.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.) To slope gently backward.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batter \Bat"ter\, n. One who wields a bat; a batsman.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)