batter 
batter 3 (bat'er), n. [< ME. h,it,r, bati-r,; tmtnur, 
linlnri; < OF. baton; a boating, metal beaten 
out tliin, < lititrt; beat ; ct'. Hp. hutiitti, liallrr, < 
litttir, boat: nee Imllir 1 . <Y. lt<itlitrr.] 1. A 
mixturo <> several ingredients, as flour, eggs, 
salt, rlc., beaten together witli HOIIIU liquid, 
used in cookery. 2. Flour and water made 
into paste; s|ieoiticallv, the paste used iii si /.ing 
cloth. (Scotch.] 
batter :! (bat'er), v, t. [Sc., < bun,;*, a., 1 To 
l>aste together; cover wit li tilings pasted on: 
us, to hulli r (lie walls with placards. | Scotch. ] 
batter 1 (bat'6r), n. [< 6<i, *., + -!.] One 
who bats; especially, in base-ball and cricket, 
one who wields the hat ; the halsnian. 
Mr | tltr ho\\ I IT] turn Is a 1 iii II almost u iile to I tic .iir ; tho 
hitter steps nut, and cuts it beautifully to where OOTI 
poillt I - t.lll.illr 
'/'. //HI/A,*, Tom lirottii 's School-Days, II. 8. 
battered (bat'ord), j>. a. [< batter*- + -V.] 
r.eaten down or hruised ; worn or impaired, as 
by boat ing or lung service: as, a buttered pave- 
ment ; haltered type; a battered jade. 
The Tory party, according to those perverted views of 
Ti>r\ism unhappily too IOIIK prevalent in this cuiiuln, 
WHS held to IKI literally ilufuuot, except by a few olil tail 
t''n-'t i- s ..I' .iltire. />l',s, 
batterer (bat'er-er), n. One who batters or 
boats. 
batterfangt, v. t. [Appar. < batter* + fang.'] 
To assail with lists and nails; beat and beclaw. 
[Obsolete or prov. Kng.] if, K. f). 
batter-head (bat'i-r-hod), n. That head of a 
drum which is beaten. 
batteriat (ba-te'ri-ft), n. [ML.: see battery, 
13.] Beaten metal, of metal prepared for beat- 
ing: a term used from the fourteenth to the 
seventeenth century for the thin plate-metal of 
which vessels and utensils were made. See bat- 
In-i/, 13. 
batterie (bat'er-i), n. [P., a beating, etc. : see 
battery.] 1. A roll upon the side- or snaro- 
drum. 2. A method of playing the guitar by 
striking the strings instead of plucking thorn. 
3. An obsolete designation for a staccato arpeg- 
giation of the chords of an accompaniment. 
Compare Alberti bass f under basx 3 ) and arpeggio. 
battering (bat'er-ing), p. a. [Ppr. of batter*.] 
Sloping upward and inward, as a terrace or 
bank. 
The system of Its construction Is thut known its pyram- 
Will or batttrinff. Athemruni, No. 8087, p. 182. 
battering-charge (bat'6r-ing-charj), n. The 
maximum charge of powder prescribed for use 
in heavy guns; a charge used in battering an 
enemy's works. 
battering-gun (bat ' er - ing - gun), . Same as 
liattrriii</-i>iccr. 
battering-piece (bat'er-ing-pes). n. Milit., a 
cannon of lioavy caliber adapted for demolish- 
ing defensive works. 
battering-ram (bat'er-ing-ram), n. 1. An an- 
cient military engine consisting of a large beam 
shod with metal, sometimes with a head some- 
what resembling the hoad of a ram (whence the 
name); used to batter or beat down the defenses 
of besieged places. In Its ulmplest form It was car- 
ried and forcibly driven against the wall liy the hands of 
the soldiers, but more commonly it was suspended by ropes 
from a beam which was supported by posts, and balanced 
BO as to wiiiK backward and fin-ward. Iwlng In this way 
impelled against the wall with much more ease and effect. 
It was also often mounted on wheels nml workeil ninlrr 
cover, the assailants lielnv protected by a movable shed 
from the missiles of the besieged. 
2. A heavy blacksmiths' hammer, suspended, 
and worked horizontally. 
battering-rule, n. Bee batter-rule. 
battering-train (bat'cr-ing-tran), n. Milit., a 
train of Tioavy ordnance for siege operations. 
batter-level (bat'6r-loy' r el) ; n. An instrument 
for measuring the inclination of a slope. Bee 
cinioiiK li-r. 
batter-rule, battering-rule (bat'6r-rl, -ing- 
riil), n. An instrument for regulating the bat- 
tor or inclination in building a sloping wall. 
It consists of a plumb line attached to a triangular frame, 
one side of which Is fixed at the required anglo with the 
line, the plummet hanging vertically. 
Battersea enamel. Sen enamel. 
battery (bat'er-i), n. ; pi. batterieH (-iz). [Karly 
mod. E. also batery, batterie, < F. batterie (= Pr. 
li/ituria = Sp. Pg. bateria = It. batteria; ML. 
battrriii), a beating, battery, < battre, beat: see 
hull/I^ and -<n/.] It. The act of battering; at- 
tack or assault, with the' view ,,f hral in:,' down, 
as by a halt, ring-ram or by ordnance. 
At one place above the rest, by continual klttrrie there 
wan such a breach as the. towm la> <>]><-n :ui<l naked to the. 
477 
lirlnj; therefore all the forces that yo may, 
Anil lay in. i-"alif hill- i >, I., lirr In .ill 
.S'i-ii. 
Long time you font-lit, redoubled lltl:-iii hole, 
I'.nl. after all, a^an i voui ' \onsume. 
Bind ami I'.inlher, 1. IWll. 
2. In lair, tho utihiwl'iil beating of another. 
Tile least ile^I-i-e of Mi.lrluv, nr .' \.-li till- tiinrhillL: .M 
ting in tbe fa. e ot anotber, in anm-i or Insn! 
lutes a I. alt, TV. I A, i> i. .n.-n I, links an luwanlt, though 
nn assault ili.es nut necessarily Imply that it must l>< 
a^ t" Mil', alt II a I'.il ' 
3. The instrument or agency employed in bat- 
tering or attacking: us, a 'hii/lin/ of gun 
littttin/ of abuse. Specifically 4. .Milit.: M 
A bo<fy of cannon for field operations, consint- 
ing generally of from 4 to 8 gnus, with com- 
plement of wagons, artillerymen, etc. (/) The 
armament of a ship of war: us, (lie Colorado's 
Imlli ni consists of -Iti nine-inch guns. B. The 
personnel or complement of officers and men 
attached to a military battery. 6. In fort., a 
parapet thrown up to cover (lie gunners and 
others from tin- enem\'s shut, with the irnn> 
employed; a fortified work mounting artillery. 
Admiral Karragut had run the Imttfrii-* at Port Hudson 
with the HaKsliin Hartford and iron , lad and visited 
me from below vUdntHUV. 
/'. ,s'. 1,'rnnt, I'lTM-nal Meniuirs, 1.404. 
7. Ill b<mf-l><itl, the pitcher and catcher together; 
as, the work of the battery was excellent. 
8. (n) I nj'rictiiiiiitl rlrct., a number of Loyden 
Lcyden-jar Battery. 
jars usually arranged with their inner coatings 
connected together, and their outer coatings 
also connected, so that they may all bo charged 
and discharged at the same time, it arranged <> 
that the Inner coating of one is In connection with tho 
onler coating of tbe next, and so on, they art- said to In- 
charged (or discharged) ill cascade. (t>) In I'nftiin- 
-'.,- 
Voltaic Plunge-battery. 
elect., a voltaic cell, or more properly a num- 
ber of voltaic cells (see cell) arranged together 
so as to give a powerful current of electricity. 
The way In which tne cells are coupled 
depends ujMin tho nature of the cur- 
rent which Is desired and the relation 
between the external and Internal re- 
sistance. (Hoor-*ifamK-.) For example, 
If the cells are arranged In series, the 
copper of the first with the zinc of the 
next, and so on tho result Is to give 
the maximum electromotive force; on 
tho other hand, If arranged abreast, all 
the zincs being connected together, 
and all the copper plates together, the 
electromotive force Is the same u for 
a single cell, but the Internal or b.it 
tery resistance Isdlmlnlshed, and hence 
the strength of the current or the quan- 
tity of electricity may. under certain 
condition*, IHI much increased. The 
first method Is sometimes sftoken of 
In popular language as the arrange- 
ment tor iiitfuxitu, the second for 
quantity. An early form of battery 
Volte's Pile or Hal- 
Wry. 
/, |N>sltlve wire | M, 
negative wire. 
eni-lllie. 
UMaiut, tr. of Llvy, p. 397. 
wan I'titta'x ;iuV, and another his cou- 
ronne tltt t Hairs, or "crown of cups." 
Hie ilitferent kinds of battery are 
named at rdlng to the materials or the for f the colls 
of which they are composed, or the way In which the cells 
arc arranged. Some of the commoner kinds are the 
Hanitll, Orote, Bunt en, Le ClamcM, iiramty, bichromate, 
etc. For a description of these and others, we eeU. 
0. In optics, a series of lenses or of prisms, 
as in the spectroscope, combined in use. 10. 
battery 
In much., an assemblage of similar construc- 
tions or parts: as. a hutt, n/ of boilers: n Ittittcry 
of stamps in a stamping-mill ; a battery of 
sugar kettles. 
I In- ilark Miu:ir h. with 
their ycll" jnii-e tioilin^ II ii lo.M. n in clouds 
am. I. II . i minium!, |>. Hi. 
11. Ill the manufactnre ,,f nitric acid, u com- 
bination of large bottles nml carboys serving 
as a condensing apparatus for the acid vapors. 
12. In lint-making^ a largo open boiler con- 
taining water to which sonic- sulphuric acid 
lias been added. It is surrounded by planks 
which slope toward the center, and is used 
in felting. 13. Metals, or articles of metal, 
especially of brass or copper, wrought by i 
menng; hammered metals or utensils; espe- 
cially, apparatus for pro pa ring tir serving meaU; 
all metallic utensils of service for tho kitchen. 
Compare batteria. 
Soon our tea Ixttti-m came In, and sin- [tin- inalil servant) 
wa forced to surreinli r tin table lor mil DM, I be Mist 
Instruments of (In- aforesaid battrrit looked h 
lions for scrubbing the tlu-ir. // 
I In re are [In Mlddelbuiv Town hall milseuml. IIIMOIIK 
otber things, the Krand idd feasting liti "I II 
OUS gllilil^ anil rul | ii -I at inns. ll'li .". ; 'N V.i'/ , I XI 
14. An oblong box submerged to the rim in tho 
water, used as a boat, and for concealment, by 
Cions engaged in shooting wild fowl; a sink- 
t. 
i '-i .it H i liniment and mo*t successful methods of 
killing fowl along tho soalioat-d Is from l-altfritt. 
forut and Strtam, XXIII. 441. 
IB. In coal-mining : (a) A structure built of 
timber, to keep the coal In the breast or pre- 
vent it from sliding down the shute. (fc) A 
Slat form on which miners stand while work- 
ig in thin and steeply pitching beds of coal. 
[Pennsylvania.] -Ambulant battery, a battery of 
heavy siege-guns provided with traveling. carrlagM to 
transport them from point to point. Anderson bat- 
tery, a galvanic battery using zinc and carbon In baths 
of muriate of ammonia, oxalate of i-hromium, ami po- 
tassium.- Barbette battery. &-e barMtt.- Battery 
amalgamation. In miniiuj. amalgamation effected by 
placing mercury In the battery or mortars while the 
metalliferous rock Is being stamped. Blinded bat- 
tery, a battery In which the guns are protected by an 
armored parapet, by bomb proof blinds or casemates, or 
by embrasure-casings or inanU-lct*. Breachlng-bat- 
tery, a battery so placed that 1U fire Is |K>rpendlciilar, or 
nearly so, to a line of wall or parapet to be breached. It 
Is used for making an opening In the enemy's works 
through which an assaulting column may enter. Cava- 
lier battery, a battery mounted In the cavalier (which 
see), and arranged to deliver a plunging fire Into tho 
works of an assailant. Clearing-battery, In breweries, 
an arrangement for straining the wort from the vat. It 
includes a device for cutting off the flow when tho wort 
has attained a sutiiciont depth. Counter-battery, (a) 
A battery Intended to silence and overthrow guns of the 
defense which Ix-ar upon the brcaehinu batteries. Its 
gnus are generally so placed as to tire along the ditches 
of the works. (A) Any battery opposed to another. Tid- 
ball.- Covered battery, a battery concealed from tho 
enemy, and intended to deliver a vertical fire. Tutball. 
Cross-batteries, two or more batteries whose linn of 
lire Intersect.- Direct battery, a battery whose fire Is 
perpendicular to the Hue of works attacked. Enfilading 
battery, a battery which sweeps tho length of an enemy s 
line, or takes him on the Hank.- Fascine battery, a 
battery of which the parupet Is wholly or partially made 
of fascines : used where tho earth Is loose or sandy. 
Floating battery, a battery erected either on a simple 
raft or on a ship s hull, for the defense of the coast or 
for the bombardment of an enemy's ports. Hie name is 
sometimes given to a I y pe of ship which, though It may be 
provided with independent propelling powi\ Ii designed 
primarily not for navigation, hut merely to afford support 
and cover to heavy guns. Gabion battery, a battery 
with a parapet formed of gabions filled with earth or 
sand. Galvanic bat tery, a pile or series of plates of 
copper and zinc, or of any materials susceptible of gal- 
vanic action. See galvanic. Grove'i gas-battery, a 
battery In which the celt consists of two glass t ubes partly 
tilled with water, and the remainder with oxygen and 
hydrogen respectively : In these tubes two platinum elec- 
trodes are Immersed. Horizontal battery, a battery 
the Interior or terrepleln of which Is on the natural 
level of the ground. Tiiitmii. indented battery, or 
battery a. croiimlllere. a battery constructed with sa- 
lient and reentrant angles for obtaining an obllijue as well 
as a direct Are, and to alforil shelter from the enfilade tire 
of tbe enemy. Tiitball. Joint batteries, batteries whoso 
Are In directed against the same object.- Latlmer-Clark 
battery, an electric battery Intended as a standard, the 
electromotive force tit-lug constant. It Is a combination of 
zinc in suliihateof zinc and mercury In sulphate of mercury. 
K. It. Km,, lit. Light battery. (") A mounted field-bat- 
tery, (h) A battery composed of guns of small caliber. 
Magnetic battery. Heo maimrtir. - Masked battery, a 
battery artificially e ealeil until required to open upon 
tin- enemy. Tiillmll. Mortar-battery, a battery having 
an armament of mortars. Sncb batteries are enn*tin tcil 
with a para|iot without embrasures, an Interior S|O]H< not re- 
\ - n. 1 1. inn retaining the natural slope of tile soil, and plat- 
forms horizontal Instead of Inclining slightly toward tho 
front, as In gun batteries). See out on next page. Moun- 
tain battery, a battery of light guru, so titled that tho 
pieces and their carriages may lie transported upon the 
liaeks of mules or pack horses. Oblique battery, a bat- 
tery whose line of lire makes an angle of 90* or more with the 
