batch

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

We had a pretty batch of it last night; we had a hearty dose of liquor. Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven.

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Batch
·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
batch
a kind of hound. N. BATCH of bread, as much as is baked at one time, be it more or less, analogous t...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
allern-batch
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
yu-batch
Christmas-batch. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose