a kind of hound. N. BATCH of bread, as much as is baked at one time, be it more or less, analogous to a CLATCH of poultry.
·vt The quantity of bread baked at one time. II. Batch ·vt A quantity of anything produced at one o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
We had a pretty batch of it last night; we had a hearty dose of liquor. Batch originally means the w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a kind of botch, or old sore: probably of AELDERN, elder ; and BOSSE, a botch. Ex. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Christmas-batch. ...