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