batter3 (bater)

[ batter3 (bat'er), v. t. [Sc., He [the bowler] bowls a ball almost wide to the off; the batter steps out, and cuts it beautifully to where cover point is standing. T. Hughes, Tom Brown's School-Days, ii. 8. battered (bat'ėrd), p . a. [ batter1 + -ed2.] Beaten down or bruised; worn or impaired, as by beating or long service: as, a battered pavement; battered type; a battered jade. The Tory party, according to those perverted views of Toryism unhappily too long prevalent in this country, was held to be literally defunct, except by a few old bat tered crones of office. Disraeli .