Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BATTERS
Noun
batters
plural of batter
Verb
batters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batter
Anagrams
• Tarbets, tabrets
Source: Wiktionary
BATTER
Bat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] Etym: [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.]
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." Pope.
3. (Metallurgy)
Definition: To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Bat"ter, n. Etym: [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]
1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc. , beaten together and used in cookery. King.
2. Paste of clay or loam. Holland.
3. (Printing)
Definition: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Bat"ter, n.
Definition: A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. 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.
Bat"ter, v. i. (Arch.)
Definition: To slope gently backward.
Bat"ter, n.
Definition: One who wields a bat; a batsman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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