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Definition & Synonyms
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• Batter
- (v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- (n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.
- (v. t.) A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
- (v. i.) To slope gently backward.
- (v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.
- (v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
Synonyms:
Baste, Batsman, Buffet, Hitter, Slugger,
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• Battering
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Batter
Synonyms:
Banging,
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• Battery
- (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.
- (v. t.) The act of battering or beating.
- (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of anothers person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.
- (v. t.) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.
- (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
- (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense.
- (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.
- (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.
- (v. t.) The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down.
- (v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns.
- (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc.
Synonyms:
Barrage, Bombardment, Shelling,
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