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batter v Cp OED ~ v1 1 'strike with repeated blows.' Of a
water fowl, to flap wings while in the water and fly off; to flap wings against the water
ineffectually.
T 58/65-64 They wounded the duck. They didn't kill
him, but they struck un. But the duck battered up out the water, crippled duck, and he
flew up over the hill. T 84-64 We picked up our birds. Never a one went to wing, never a
one battered. Q 73-2 I was just about in range when it battered off. P 127-73 He was
batterin across the water when I fired at en.
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