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battering
(encz) | battering,bití Jaroslav Šedivý |
battering
(encz) | battering,bombardování Jaroslav Šedivý |
battering
(encz) | battering,ostřelování Jaroslav Šedivý |
battering
(encz) | battering,palba Jaroslav Šedivý |
battering
(encz) | battering,týrání Jaroslav Šedivý |
Battering
(gcide) | Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered
(b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren,
OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to
abate.]
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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.
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2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
battered jade." --Pope.
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3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
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battering
(gcide) | battering \bat"ter*ing\ n.
the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.
Syn: banging.
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battering
(wn) | battering
n 1: the act of subjecting to strong attack [syn: battering,
banging] |
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battering ram
(encz) | battering ram,beranidlo Zdeněk Brož |
Battering
(gcide) | Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered
(b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren,
OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to
abate.]
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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.
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2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
battered jade." --Pope.
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3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
[1913 Webster]battering \bat"ter*ing\ n.
the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.
Syn: banging.
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Battering train
(gcide) | Battering train \Bat"ter*ing train`\ (Mil.)
A train of artillery for siege operations.
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Battering-ram
(gcide) | Battering-ram \Bat"ter*ing-ram`\, n.
1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the
walls of besieged places.
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Note: It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was
sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was
suspended by ropes to a beam supported by posts, and so
balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was
impelled by men against the wall. --Grose.
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2. A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
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battering ram
(wn) | battering ram
n 1: a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings |
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