Prince Edward himself took the command at this trial, and by his presence and his example incited the men to make the greatest possible efforts to batter down the gates and to scale the walls.
Great engines were sometimes used, too, to batter down the walls of castles and towns.
At another part the besiegers constructed great engines, such as were used in those days, in the absence of cannon, for throwing rocks and heavy beams of wood, to batter the walls.
That is, if the batter didn't swing at them, the umpire would have to call them balls.
And that batter will try his hardest to push the ball over their heads.
Then mix together in a Tom and Jerry bowl, stirring in Bar Sugar slowly until the batter is stiff and serve as follows: Fill Tom and Jerry Mug 1/4 full of Batter.
TOM AND JERRY Make a batterby separating the yolks from whites of a given number of Eggs; beating the whites to a stiff froth and stirring the yolks until very thin.
If its little eyes fail to open and the batter takes on a greasy aspect, with a tendency to crawl and glide about, no time should be lost.
If the omens were favorable, a cup of warm water and a variable quantity of carefully warmed flour were added, and a batter made of about the consistency for fritters.
Open all the windows at once and send the batter promptly to the swill-barrel.
This batter was then poured into large fritter-spiders, forming thin sheets, and baked yellow-brown in a hot oven.
Then the drop again, and Johnson retired as Mr. Creighton cried: "Batter out!
He seemed afraid to stand up to the plate, and a batter who is timid is easy prey for the opposing pitcher.
The batter let it pass and Mr. Creighton called a strike.
But see how I shall batter down the sort of education of which he is so proud.
Another method is to cut up about three pounds of rump-steaks into about six pieces, and putting them in the batter at various distances apart, but the former method is most common.
Skim and cut in halves six ripe but fine peaches, take out the stones, have a batter prepared as the last, dip them in, fry, and serve the same.
Sometimes he made a batter of flour and water, cooking the mixture in a frying-pan over the fire--turning out an almost impossible kind of pancake.
Two feather pillows provided him with enthusiastic occupation for a time; mixed with batter the feathers entirely lost their elasticity, and refused to float about in the air.
Then he puddled around in batter which clung to his short legs, and stuck to his toe-hairs, trying to get a drink from little pools, but only succeeding in getting something like liquid pancakes.
But how, in one afternoon, batter down a wall that had been building over the past dozen years?
The log they were going to use to batter down the door lay smouldering, abandoned in the yard of the trading post.
As a prelude, Moncks took the ball and managed tobatter through left guard for four yards.
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Mix the whites of two stiffly beaten eggs with this batter and then add one and a quarter ounces of melted butter.
Bring olive oil to a good heat in a frying pan, dip each piece of peach in the batter and fry in the fat.
Cut into pieces any fruit desired, dip them in the batter and fry in butter to a light golden brown.
Jack wrote: "I am thankful that I don't like rice pudding and that I do like molasses on my batter cakes.
She would have to attempt either biscuits or batter bread, for, of course, cold bread was out of the question.
Nan thought that never before in her life had batter bread and cold ham tasted so good.
Trouin had been permitted, with scarcely a blow in defence, to make himself master of the situation, and he needed only to get his guns in place to be able to batter the town to the dust.
Two guns were brought in by Worth’s column and planted in position to batter down the San Cosmé gate, the barrier to the great square in the city’s centre, and which fronted the cathedral and palace.
It was decided that Walter should explain matters over the wire to Mr. Haight, the owner of the bungalow, and ask permission of him to batter down the stone wall that brought the secret passage to such an abrupt end.
I suppose we can get to Riverhead by turning around, following the left shore here until we come to the place where Batter Creek runs into the Chelton, and then go up the river?
You must have taken the left turn where Batter Creek runs into it.
Good time was made to the junction where Batter Creek flowed into the Chelton river.
You've got to batter down his walls, and knock all the props out from under him before he'll throw up the white flag.
Dave had always been known as the heavy batter when he was feeling right, and many a time had he knocked out a home run, to the wild delight of the Riverport rooters.
But here he made mistake number two; for the ball did not curve as the pitcher had intended, but gave the batter a sharp nip just where it said it would.
The Kingston groan was now changed back again to a cheer, and the first batter of the first half of the first inning had scored the first "out.
In fact, the wind began to batter the boat about so much that B.
The Charlestonian batter came to the plate and tapped it smartly three or four times.
Fry in melted butter, and form the cakes by putting in a spoonful of the batter at a time.
Beat the whites until very stiff and dry, and then add to the batter and mix lightly.
To the pound cake batteradd one-half pound of chopped mixed glace fruits, and one-half pound of raisins.
Beat the whites of eight eggs until absolutely stiff, and then add to the batter lightly.
Spread the batter about one inch thick in the pan, and cook in a slow oven.
Mix the baking powder with the flour, then add the sugar, salt, yolks of eggs, butter and milk, and make a batter that should not be too stiff and hard.
Beat the whites very hard with a whip, and add to the batter lightly.
Make a batter a little stiffer than for wheatcakes.
Dress the batter in fancy, or plain round, shapes, on a buttered pan, and bake in a quick oven.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "batter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
