battern.1
/ˈbatə/, U.S. /ˈbædər/ I. Materials beaten or battered.† 3. = battery n. 14. Obsolete.
1.
a. A mixture of two or more ingredients beaten up with a liquid for culinary purposes.
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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > batter or cake-mix
battera1475
pancake batter1615
cake mix1913
mix1922
sponge mixture1926
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 Of almond mylke and amydone Make bater.
a1500 Recipes (Harl. 5401) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 53 Make bature of floure, ale, peper & saferon, with oþer spices.
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1660) 56 Taking the Apples and Batter out together with a spoon.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery iv. 56 Dip the Oysters in a Batter.
1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia xi. 171 The batter must be stirred well, or else it will stick to the sides.
b. Scottish. Flour and water made into ‘paste’; transferred that which is pasted upon walls, etc. (obsolete).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > flour-based
paste1530
batter1624
flour-paste1806
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 27 Batowre of flowre and mele wyth water [v.r. batour], mola.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/1 Batter of floure, paste.]
1624 A. H. Paper-Persec. in J. Davies Papers Compl. in Wks. (1878) II. 81 To see such Batter euerie weeke besmeare Each publike post, and Church dore.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vii. 17/1 Multiple ruffs of cloth, pasted together with batter.
c. attributive, as in batter-cake, batter pan, batter pudding.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > batter-puddings
Yorkshire pudding1747
batter pudding1769
blackcap pudding1842
puffet1860
Yorkshire1898
Yorkshire pud1975
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > other cakes
honey appleeOE
barley-cake1393
seed cakea1400
cake?a1425
pudding-cake?1553
manchet1562
biscuit cake1593
placent1598
poplin1600
jumbal1615
bread pudding1623
semel1643
wine-cakea1661
Shrewsbury cake1670
curd cake1675
fruitcake1687
clap-bread1691
simnel cake1699
orange-flower cake1718
banana cake1726
sweet-cake1726
torte1748
Naples cake1766
Bath cake1769
gofer1769
yeast-cake1795
nutcake1801
tipsy-cake1806
cruller1808
baba1813
lady's finger1818
coconut cake1824
mint cake1825
sices1825
cup-cake1828
batter-cake1830
buckwheat1830
Dundee seed cake1833
fat-cake1839
babka1846
wonder1848
popover1850
cream-cake1855
sly-cake1855
dripping-cake1857
lard-cake1858
puffet1860
quick cake1865
barnbrack1867
matrimony cake1871
brioche1873
Nelson cake1877
cocoa cake1883
sesame cake1883
marinade1888
mystery1889
oblietjie1890
stuffed monkey1892
Greek bread1893
Battenberg1903
Oswego cake1907
nusstorte1911
dump cake1912
Dobos Torte1915
lekach1918
buckle1935
Florentine1936
hash cake1967
space cake1984
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper vi. 144 Batter and Rice Puddings [require] a quick Oven.
1830 F. Trollope in Dom. Manners Amer. (1960) 427 Waffles. Batter cakes.
1833 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 319 Hot muffins and corn batter cakes.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxiv. 306 Flattened it out like a batter-cake.
2. transferred. A thick paste of any kind, of the consistency of cook's batter; liquid mud.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > a semi-fluid substance or mass
sklucec1430
pap1435
slurryc1440
cream1540
batter1601
slabbermenta1620
swill1665
soss1691
porridge1700
cremor1701
sludge1702
semifluid1731
sludder1796
sloppery1832
slob1885
slabber1887
slather1928
gunk1949
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [noun] > viscous substance
paste1390
gummosityc1400
gleimc1440
glaira1529
viscosity1540
plaster1588
emplastic1597
batter1601
starcha1627
mucilage1639
viscus1643
grume1718
syrup1838
sticky1851
goo1903
gloop1927
goop1930
glop1945
ick1947
gunge1969
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 555 The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks].
1884 Ld. Coleridge in Law Times Rep. 19 July 635/1 They had swept mud in a state of batter to the side of a road by means of ‘squeegees.’
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > product of > made by hammering
batteryc1503
batter1567
kettle-fats1812
1567 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 278 One batter kettill, and a brasse chaffer.
II. The action or result of battering.
4. A heavy bruising blow. rare.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow
smitea1200
ponder1339
clouta1400
whopc1440
routa1450
maul1481
sousec1500
dunta1522
flake1559
lambskin1573
lamback1592
daud1596
baster1600
mell1658
thumper1682
lounder1723
smash1725
plumper1756
spanker1772
douser1782
thud1787
bash1805
stave1819
batter1823
belter1823
wallop1823
whacker1823
belt1825
smasher1829
dingbat1843
dinger1845
oner1861
squeaker1877
clod1886
wham1923
dong1941
1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxviii. 245 Such a thundering batter on the ribs, that he fell reeling from the shock.
5. A cannonade of heavy ordnance against a fortress.
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1859 in J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang.
6. Printing. A bruise on the face of printing type or stereotype plate. (Cf. batter v.1 4.)
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > marks on types
batter1824
pin-mark1888
1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. xxii. 659 The pressmen never observe a batter (unless it be very glaring), because they would be stopped in their progress.
1880 Printing Times May 102/2 Defective letters or batters may thus be easily detected.
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battern.2
a. The slope of a wall, terrace, or bank, from the perpendicular; a receding slope, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > a sloping object, surface, etc. > of a bank
slope1702
scarfing1721
batter1743
1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 193 (Jam.) When the kill is formed to four and a half feet high..the second batter begins.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 329 Batter, the leaning part of the upper part of the face of a wall which so inclines as to make the plumb-line fall within the base.
1884 Scotsman 10 Apr. 6/2 These brick piers are all erected with a ‘batter’ of 1 in 36—which means that they are to that extent broader at the base than at the top.
b. batter-rule n. an instrument consisting of a plumb-line and a triangular frame, one side of which makes a given angle with the line, used for setting a wall, etc. at the proper slope or batter.
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1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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battern.3
/ˈbatə/, U.S. /ˈbædər/ One who bats; esp. the player who uses the bat in the game of cricket.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman
batsman1744
bat1756
batter1773
willow-wielder1870
1773 J. Duncombe Surrey Triumphant in T. Evans Old Ballads (1784) IV. 329 At last, Sir Horace took the field, A batter of great might.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 149 Such mutual compliments from man to man—bowler to batter, batter to bowler.
1854 J. W. Warter Last of Old Squires v. 48 The old Squire..had been a good batter in his day.
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battern.4
slang.
A spree, debauch, esp. in on the batter. (See also quot. 1890.)
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > noisy or riotous
revela1375
riotc1440
revel-rout1587
wassail1603
randan1640
rant1650
high-go1774
splore?a1786
gilravagea1796
spree1804
lark1811
spray1813
shindy1821
randy1825
randy-dandy1835
batter1839
flare-up1844
barney1850
jamboree1868
tear1869
whoop-up1876
beano1888
razzle1892
razzle-dazzle1893
bash1901
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [phrase] > on a debauch
on the batter1839
on the tiles1887
1839 A. Rodger in Whistle-Binkie 2nd Ser. 17 My hat was smash'd..Ae night when on the batter.
1856 Knickerbocker 48 502 Ellis had..just returned from a prolonged batter in Paris.
1865 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. VIII. 369/2 It was among working-men that I first heard ‘on the batter’ employed as an equivalent for going ‘on the spree’.
1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. 143/2 To go on the batter, i.e., to walk the streets for purposes of prostitution.
1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxi. 214 D'ye call that goin' on the batter?.. I call it goin' out with the governiss.
1957 J. Osborne Entertainer v. 35 Have you been on the batter, you old gubbins!
1966 A. Prior Operators iii. 25 The mothers and sisters on the batter—any man on the streets.
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batterv.1
/ˈbatə/, U.S. /ˈbædər/ I. Main senses.† 5. intransitive.
1. † b. To beat out (metal); ? to inlay. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive (and absol.) To strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon, or with frequent missiles; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise or shatter. (Also with about, down, in as complement.)
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat heavily or severely
pounda1325
batter1377
pellc1450
hatter1508
whop1575
labour1594
thunder-beat1608
behammer1639
thunderstrike1818
sledgehammer1834
pun1838
to beat to a pulp1840
jackhammer1959
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 198 I batered hem on þe bakke.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1416 Symbales & sonetez sware the noyse & bougounz busch batered so þikke.
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 204 The drums ought to be ready to batter their caisses.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 91 Or with a logge Batter his skull. View more context for this quotation
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. xvii. 122 These would he presently batter in pieces with great stones.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 191 Battering the Warriors Faces into Mummy.
1801 W. Huntington Bank of Faith 136 They had so battered me about.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxi. 102 Carrying in a wooden beam, as if to batter in a door.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape > in specific way
batterc1380
beat1483
peena1522
hammer1522
malleate1598
extenuate1599
upset1678
planish1688
to set down1703
foliate1704
raise1774
skelp1803
tilt1825
jump1851
cold-hammer1858
stub1869
upend1932
ding1939
coin1940
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 896 Ys scheld þat was wyþ golde y-batrid & eke wyþ ire y-bounde.
2. Military. To operate against (walls, fortifications, etc.) with artillery, or in ancient times with the battering ram, with the purpose (and result) of breaking down or demolishing them; to bombard. Often with down.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of siege weapons > assault with engines [verb (transitive)]
beatc1540
batter1570
engine1616
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gi/1 To Batter walles, demoliri muros.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 1 Which would thee Tyrian turrets quite batter a sunder.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 206 The Ram that batters downe the wall. View more context for this quotation
1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 12 Having led the army without delay to Wexford, he began to batter the town.
1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 289 I shall be able to begin to batter to-morrow morning.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §8. 436 The castles which had hitherto sheltered rebellion were battered into ruins.
3. transferred and figurative. To subject (persons, opinions, etc.) to heavy, crushing, or persistent attack.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures > severely
batter1579
mash1872
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 39 So that the Florentynes by this meane should remeyne battered.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 179 The Tyrant ha's not batter'd at their peace? View more context for this quotation
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 107 Every Fryer..battering the ears of their Protectors with informations of their Rogueries.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. ⁋174 But none batter'd it more than the Earl of Shaftsbury, who said it was absolutely impossible to be true.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 78 What foe would dare approach? Historic Doubt? Ay, were there some half-knowledge to attack! Batter doubt's best, sheer ignorance will beat.
4. To bruise, beat out of shape, or indent by blows or rough usage; in Printing, to deface the surface of type.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > type [verb (transitive)] > deface surface of type
batter1697
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)]
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amarOE
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endamage1477
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wrong1595
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tainta1616
mutilea1618
to do violence toa1625
flaw1665
stun1676
quail1682
maul1694
moil1698
damnify1712
margullie1721
maul1782
buga1790
mux1806
queer1818
batter1840
puckeroo1840
rim-rack1841
pretty1868
garbage1899
savage1899
to do in1905
strafe1915
mash1924
blow1943
nuke1967
mung1969
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata i. 8 Type, and Form of one single Stamp..being greatly batter'd and impair'd.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 41 The beautiful brass pail..look how it's all battered and bruised!
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvi. 169 Boats..well battered by exposure to ice and storm.
a. To become crushed, dinted, or defaced with blows.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press, squeeze, or pinch [verb (intransitive)] > be or become crushed
to-crushc1380
batter1589
crush1755
1589 L. Andrewes Serm. II. 10 All our cups would batter with the fall.
b. To yield to beating, to be malleable. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [verb (intransitive)] > be malleable
batter1678
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 8 Iron..if it be too cold..will not batter under the Hammer.
II. (From batter n.1)† 6. transitive. To beat into a paste or batter, to mix by beating. Obsolete.† 7. Scottish. To paste, to fix (as with paste); to cover with things stuck on. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > whip
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slingc1450
beat1486
batter1585
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whisk1710
cream1889
1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. I vj Masticke baterid with whyte of an egge and vineger.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 334 With a fewe egges battered together, and seasoned with a little pepper.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] > adhere to > cause to adhere > with adhesive substance
gum1592
batter1624
1624 A. H. Paper-Persec. in J. Davies Wks. (1876–8) II. 81 To behold the wals Batter'd with weekely Newes.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 72 Who mutilated and did ryue out many leaues of the Register, and did batter others together.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 86 This church is battered as full of escutchions as the wall can hold.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 105 A certain sort of mutch they wear..close battered to their faces.
Compounds
batter-head n. the part of the drum beaten.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > drumhead
head1567
swash-head1574–5
drumhead1580
skin1615
batter-head1704
tympanum1908
1704 Athenian Oracle III. 657/2 They [sc. the drums] received several small shot in the batter heads.
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batterv.2
/ˈbatə/, U.S. /ˈbædər/ Architecture.
1. intransitive. Of walls, etc.: To incline from the perpendicular, so as to have a receding slope.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope
pitch?1440
shore?1521
shed1530
batter1546
shoal1621
peck1639
slope1691
rake1722
underlay1728
underlie1778
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. x. 77 a Dædalus..first inuented the plomline, whereby the Euenes of the Squares bee tried whether they batter or hang ouer.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 163 The side..of a Wall..that bulges from its bottom or foundation, is said to Batter or hang over the Foundation.
1793 Rennie in Smiles Engineers II. 208 Made five feet thick at the base next to the bridge, and four feet thick at the top, battering one-fifth of their height in a curvilinear form.
1840 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) 26 Wharf walls, and walls built to support embankments and fortifications, generally batter.
2. transitive. ‘To give (a wall) in building it, an inclination inwards.’ Jamieson.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place in a sloping position > make with a slope
battera1398
slope1715
escarp1728
ramp1766
scarp1803
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xxii. 738 Þere was a toure of þre þousand paces hiȝe, and þat is to seye of tweye leges hiȝe, ybatred in brede. [The sense is here doubtful].
1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati iii. 138 To the height of 40 feet, the wall is battered, or drawn in.
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