Batch

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batch (plural: batches)

\Batch\, n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. geb["a]ck and D. baksel. See {Bake}, v. t.]

  1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.
  2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation (antonym: continuous); a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. A new batch of Lords. --Lady M. W. Montagu.
  3. (vulgar{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) We had a pretty batch of it last night; we had a hearty dose of liquor.

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