(bat′ər) noun
1. A heavy blow; also, repeated blows, or the condition resulting from them.
2. In ceramics, a mallet for beating a lump of plastic clay.
3. Printing a The breakage or marring of type or a plate. b The type thus broken. c The resulting defect in print. [<v.]
—v.t.
1. To strike with repeated, violent blows.
2. To damage or injure with or as with such blows.
—v.i.
3. To pound or beat with blow after blow; hammer. See synonyms under BEAT. [<F battre <L battuere beat]

(bat′ər) noun
In baseball and cricket, the player whose turn it is to bat.

(bat′ər) noun
A thick liquid mixture of eggs, flour, and milk, beaten up for use in cookery. [<OF bature beating <battre beat]

(bat′ər) noun
An inward and upward slope of a wall, giving greater resistance to thrust or firmer base.
—v.t. & v.i. To slope back from the base, as a wall. [Origin uncertain]