batter (1)

[From batter (2), v.] Arch.: A backward slope in a wall to make the plumb-line fall within the base; as in railway cuttings, embankments, . ( Weale .) batter-rule, s. Arch.: A plumb-line designed to regulate or slope of a wall not meant to the "batter be vertical. The plumb-line itself is perpendicular, but the edge is as much to the side of this as th wall is intended to slope. ( Francis .) băt-těr (2), s. [From Fr. battre = to beat, to agitate, to stir; that which is besten, agitated, or stirred.] 1. A mixture of several ingredients beaten together with some liquor; so called from its being so much beaten. "One would have all things little, hence has try'd Turkey poults fresh from th' egg in batter fry'd." King. 2. A glutinous substance used for producing adhesion; paste used for sticking papers, ., together. (Scotch.) (Jamie son.) 3. Printing: A bruise of the face of the type, when arranged in pages for printing; also a similar defacement of a stereotyped plate.