batter : Idioms & Phrases
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batter bread
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noun soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy; must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern)
spoon bread.
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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.
Webster 1913
batter's box
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noun an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat
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batter-fried
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adjective satellite fried in batter
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battering ram
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noun a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings
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battering train
Bat"ter*ing train`
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(Mil.) A train of artillery for siege operations.
Webster 1913
battering-ram
Bat"ter*ing-ram` noun
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1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.✍ It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was suspended by ropes t a beam supported by posts, and so balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall. Grose.-
A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
Webster 1913
fritter batter
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noun batter for making fritters
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pancake batter
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noun batter for making pancakes
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puff batter
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noun batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings
pate a choux; pouf paste.
