·vt Paste of clay or loam.
II. Batter ·vi To slope gently backward.
III. Batter ·noun One who wields a bat; a batsman.
IV. Batter ·vt To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
V. Batter ·vt A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
VI. Batter ·noun A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
VII. Batter ·vt To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
VIII. Batter ·vt A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, ·etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
IX. Batter ·vt 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.