2. Paste of clay or loam. Holland.
3. (Printing)
Defn: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
BATTER
Bat"ter, n.
Defn: A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. 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.
BATTER
Bat"ter, v. i. (Arch.)
Defn: To slope gently backward.
BATTER
Bat"ter, n.
Defn: One who wields a bat; a batsman.
BATTERER
Bat"ter*er, n.