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Webster 1913 Edition


Batch

Batch

,
Noun.
[OE.
bache
,
bacche
, fr. AS.
bacan
to bake; cf. G.
gebäck
and D.
baksel
. See
Bake
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
The quantity of bread baked at one time.
2.
A quantity of anything produced at one operation; 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Batch

BATCH

,
Noun.
[from bake.]
1.
The quantity of bread baked at one time; a baking of bread.
2.
Any quantity of a thing made at once, or so united as to have like qualities.