(n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
(n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.
(v. i.) To slope gently backward.
(v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
(v. t.) A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
(v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
(v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.