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Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. {Batsmen}.
The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in
baseball, the batsman is usually called the {batter}.
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Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
(b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren,
OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to
abate.]
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1. 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.
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2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
battered jade." --Pope.
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3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
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Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure,
bature, a beating. See {Batter}, v. t.]
1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour,
eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
--King.
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2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.
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3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in
the form.
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Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding
slope.
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{Batter rule}, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame,
and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall
is regulated in building.
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Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.)
To slope gently backward.
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Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), n.
The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it
is at bat; formerly called the {batsman}.
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