batchn.1
/batʃ/, U.S. /bætʃ/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > baking
bakingc1330
batch1440
furnagec1468
bakery1615
bake1843
1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 21 Bahche, or bakynge [v.r. batche], pistura.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Lj Excepte the baker, do his parte also in the batche.
2. figurative.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 5 Thou crusty batch of nature whats the news? View more context for this quotation† b. elliptical. The bread itself: cf. bread of life. Obsolete.
a. concrete. A baking; the quantity of bread produced at one baking.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > amount baked at once
batch1461
cast1470
baking1598
1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 70 He shall trulye delyver into the bredehouse..the whole numbyr of his bache.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/1 Batche of bredde—fournée de pain.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 186 They had no leasure to make up their bach.
1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 23 The last batch was in the oven.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xix. 192 We..baked a large batch of bread.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun]
breadeOE
loafc950
painc1400
pannam1567
the staff of life1638
batch1648
buster1835
rooty1846
breadstuff1856
needle and thread1859
punk1891
1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 92 Those blest With the True batch of Life may ever rest So satisfi'd.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class
kinc950
kindOE
distinction?c1225
rowc1300
spece1303
spice1303
fashionc1325
espicec1386
differencea1398
statec1450
sort?1523
notion1531
species1561
vein1568
brood1581
rank1585
order1588
race1590
breed1598
strain1612
batch1616
tap1623
siege1630
subdivision1646
notionality1651
category1660
denomination1664
footmark1666
genus1666
world1685
sortment1718
tribe1731
assortment1767
description1776
style1794
grouping1799
classification1803
subcategory1842
type1854
basket1916
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together
class1583
coveya1592
parcel1607
batch1616
sisterhood1616
clan1667
band1690
set1690
lot1710
group1718
brotherhood1728
kit1785
package1947
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. ii, in Wks. I. 9 One is a Rimer sir, o' your owne batch, your owne leuin.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 53 This worthy Motto, No Bishop, no King is of the same batch, and infanted out of the same feares.
1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 41 All sorts of Priest-craft are of one Leven and one Batch.
4.
a. The quantity of flour or dough to be used for one baking.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > dough for bread > quantity or mass of
lump1526
batch1549
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. 1 Cor. vi. 6 A lytle leauen sowreth the whole batche, wherwith it is myngled.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ/2 A Batche, fermentum.
b. The quantity of corn sent at one time to the mill to be ground. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > quantity of meal for grinding
meldera1500
reeingsa1500
batch1597
prick measure1612
prick met1612
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 89 Bake a loafe of wheate meale as it cometh from the mill in the midst of the batch.
1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 433 Batch, a grist; a quantity of corn sent to mill.
1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 65 To bring the farmers' batches to be ground, and take them home when made into meal.
5. transferred. A quantity produced at one operation, e.g. a brewing; a lot. archaic.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a definite or specified quantity or amount > specific quantities or amounts > produced or obtained > at one time
making1644
batch1713
lot1884
1713 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (1742) i. 31 You are welcome to a good Batch of my October [Beer].
1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict I. i. 13 That last batch of soup was excellent.
6.
a. A quantity of anything coming at a time, an instalment.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > part of total supplied at one time
instalment1823
batch1834
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 196 I have just received a batch of prize-money.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 55 I am not going to favour you with a batch of politics.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 106 Batch (Cornw.), the quantity of ore sent to the surface by a pare of men.
b. A number of things or persons introduced, put, or treated together; a set.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > group
fleeta1400
congregation1526
batch1597
parcel1598
seta1616
group1705
lodge1737
groupment1837
klomp1853
tally1890
1597 [see sense 4b].
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. i. 56 A whole batch, Sir, Almost of the same leaven.
1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. III. 75 A new batch of visitors, who are coming for the day.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. i. 100 A baronet of the earliest batch.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 281 Shot by platoons and in batches.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxxi. 413 The batch of letters awaiting us in Edinburgh.
c. The quantity of stricks or bundles of jute laid out at one time for treatment. (Cf. batch v. 1.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > flax, hemp, or jute > bundle for heckling > quantity of
batch1880
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 803/1 These batches [of jute], which generally contained from 4 to 5 tons each, were allowed to lie from twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
1893 W. Leggatt Jute Spinning 21 The batch put down for ordinary hessian warps should be composed of six bales.
d. Calico-printing and Dyeing. The mass of material collected in ‘batching’ (cf. batch v. 2). Also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [noun] > other
wet cloth1435
balk1841
kamptulicon1844
rougher1876
batch1911
Beaverette1922
tie-dye1926
permanent press1944
foamback1961
1911 E. R. Trotman & E. L. Thorp Princ. Bleaching & Finishing Cotton xxviii. 304 The chief use of the machine is to transfer cloth from the lap to the batch form.
1911 E. R. Trotman & E. L. Thorp Princ. Bleaching & Finishing Cotton xxviii. 304 The bearings of the batch roller work in vertical slides under the pressure of springs or weights, and can be raised and held with a pawl to unroll a part of the batch for detailed inspection.
e. Glass-making = frit n.2 1.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-making materials
metal1589
saffora1604
massacote1622
frit1662
polverine1662
rochetta1662
tarso1662
Spanish ashes1725
bollito1753
glass-maker's manganese1797
soap of glass1815
cullet1817
muff1820
batch1874
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 246/1 Batch,..the frit of a glass-maker compounded and sifted for use, ready for the glass-pot or crucible.
1933 Antiquity 7 420 Glass workers use the term ‘batch’ to denote the raw ingredients of the glass before fusing.
Compounds
General attributive, as in batch-bread, batch-flour. Also in various combinations denoting a machine or process that treats a batch of material (esp. as opposed to a continuous process).
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the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > inferior flour
garnela1752
ship-stuff1793
batch-flour1862
stub-tail1867
red dog1880
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread
sergeant-loafa1348
clear-matin1362
bean-breadc1380
French bread1420
pease-breada1425
bran-breadc1425
grey breadc1430
angels' breadc1440
dough bread?a1500
baker's bread?1550
acorn bread1571
cart-bread1574
chapter-bread1600
diet-bread1617
ember-bread1681
buff coat1688
bust-coat1706
Picentine bread1712
chestnut-bread1814
naan1828
gluten-bread1846
to-bread1854
batch-bread1862
injera1868
coffee cake1879
pan dulce1882
quick bread1882
sour bread1884
Tommy1895
focaccia1905
hard-dough bread1911
hush puppy1918
potica1927
spoon bread1932
bake1933
pitta1936
hard-dough1966
pain de campagne1970
pocket bread1973
ciabatta1985
pain au levain1985
levain1991
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > other types
stout1702
multiplying1767
reciprocating1768
locomotive1800
centripetal1835
self-contained1839
uniplane1843
high-speed1844
powered1847
flexible1859
undergrounda1884
chip-proof1901
portable1913
batch1940
closed-loop1958
interactive1967
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [adjective] > other specific processes
annealing1469
bituminizing1849
batch1958
double dip1971
1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Aug. 140 Baking rolls and fancy bread, taking the batch-bread out of the oven.
1878 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (at cited word) Coarse flour is sometimes called batch flour.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 80/2 Batch furnace, a furnace in which the charge is placed and heated to the requisite temperature, subsequently being withdrawn... Distinguished from continuous furnace.
1954 Economist 20 Feb. 537/2 Strenuous attempts to convert their batch processes to the continuous processes which have so much lower labour costs.
1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 136 Batch pasteurisation is a satisfactory and economical method for small factories.
1957 Economist 16 Nov. 621/1 Glass for spectacles..has to be of very precise physical qualities... Until recently this has meant making it in a form of batch process known as the pot roast method.
1957 Economist 23 Nov. 645 Continuous batch testing with the latest scientific equipment.
1958 A. Hackney Private Life vii. 65 Num~nums and Chokers are still in batch production, but the Bumper Bars themselves are in continuous-flow production.
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Computing. A group of records processed together in a single operation using the same program.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > processing > item(s) to be processed
batch1956
job1958
batch job1980
1956 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 3 169 If this [address] function were known in advance for a particular batch of data and if it could be easily evaluated..all items could be inserted initially in correct memory locations.
1959 J. Jeenel Programming for Digital Computers ix. 419 This approach to a file maintenance application implies that a number, or ‘batch’ of transactions is collected and sorted into the order of the master file before the transaction records are used to update the master records.
1964 T. W. McRae Impact Computers on Accounting vi. 164 The computer..may run on to the end of the particular batch of data being processed.
1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xvi. 252 The updating can be done in batches (‘batch processing’) or in real time.
1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xvii. 92 At an early stage in processing, documents are arranged in batches, by being placed in a wallet or folder, or clipped together.
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Compounds.
batch processing n. (a) in chemical engineering, the processing of raw materials in batches as opposed to continuously; (b) Computing the processing of previously collected batches of data, computing jobs, etc., esp. without user intervention and usually off-line, as a background process or at a time of low system activity.
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society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > specific procedures
trouble hunting1882
trouble-shooting1918
batch processing1948
double dip1971
society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > processing
batch processing1948
teleprocessing1960
1948 C. Tyler Chem. Engin. Econ. (ed. 3) v. 77 The trend in recent years has been toward the substitution of continuous for batch processing.
1957 IBM Jrnl. Res. & Devel. 1 63/1 ‘Batch’ processing techniques can be reserved for those applications, such as statistical analysis, that have an inherent batching requirement.
1957 Technology Apr. 56 Chemical Engineering. One of the primary technologies which came into being when continuous process production began to replace the older methods of batch processing.
1979 J. E. Rowley Mechanised In-house Information Syst. i. 27 A data base can be designed for batch processing or real-time processing.
1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xxxvi. 286 By its very nature a batch processing system will involve a degree of ‘delay’.
batch-process v. [as a back-formation] transitive.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > enter data [verb (transitive)] > process
process1943
manipulate1962
batch-process1964
1964 Datamation May 39/1 The monitor would enable users to batch process any mix of scientific, commercial, testing and production jobs.
1979 J. E. Rowley Mechanised In-house Information Syst. i. 65 Remote entry job processing... An on-line terminal is used to enter a job into the queue of jobs to be batch processed by the computer.
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spec. in Computing, in the sense ‘pertaining to, intended for, or involving batch processing’.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [adjective] > types of processing
interleaved1956
in-line1959
list processing1959
batch1967
multibit1969
1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 59/2 (advt.) Design..language processors for various computer systems, including batch, remote-batch, and time-sharing configurations.
1976 Scotsman 25 Nov. 17/5 (advt.) Experienced Systems Analyst/Programmer. We..require additional staff to join our existing team..in the development of a wide range of batch applications.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 189/2 Records retrieved in the above-mentioned way may then be edited using the cursor controls, or you can carry out changes in a ‘batch’ mode.
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batch job n. Computing a job scheduled to be executed by means of batch processing.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > processing > item(s) to be processed
batch1956
job1958
batch job1980
1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xxx. 261 With frequent changes a single source statement under time sharing may require all the control given to a whole batch job.
1982 Electronics 10 Mar. 124/1 DJC allows the user of any work station to export a batch job to the NRM for remote execution.
1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg xxviii. 139 These were batch jobs, submitted during the day and postponed until evening.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
batchn.2
A vessel used in brewing.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting
ale fateOE
sesterc1000
bruthen-leadc1275
kimnel1335
tine1337
gyle-fat1341
yeast-fat1367
brew-lead1369
coomb?a1400
gyle-tunc1425
brewing-lead1444
brewing vessel1462
work lead1471
lead1504
brewing copper1551
gyle-tub1568
kier1573
batch1697
ale vat1701
working tun1703
tun1713
brewing tub1766
flat1791
round1806
beck1828
gyle1836
tun-tub1842
stone-square1882
1697 View Penal Laws 21 By which any Beer..may be conveyed into or out of such Tun, Batch or Float.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
batchv.
/batʃ/, U.S. /bætʃ/ 1. transitive. To treat (bundles of raw fibre of jute, wool, etc.) in batches for various purposes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [verb (transitive)] > other
dizen1530
dize1673
scutch1733
sliver1796
batch1880
woollenize1890
18801 [see batching n. at Derivatives].
1882 P. Sharp Flax, Tow, & Jute Spinning 158 In this system the jute is batched in the same way as tow.
2. Calico-printing and Dyeing. To collect into a ‘batch’ or mass.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > print > processes involved in
teer1839
batch1876
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 685/2 In printing, the white calico is batched at C, and the cloth D passes inwards over tension rails.
1911 H. R. Carter Bleaching, Dyeing of Flax, etc. 90 The cloth..is..‘batched’ on to a larger roller, upon which it is removed for subsequent processes—washing, drying, &c.
Derivatives
ˈbatcher n. an operative who does this.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > batching > one who
batcher?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 71 Jute preparing: Preparer. Batcher.
1893 W. Leggatt Jute Spinning 19 The batchers..break up the large streaks or heads into streaks of about two pounds each.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §398 Batcher (flax and hemp); (i) arranges different qualities of tow in layers to facilitate mixing of tow for carder; (ii) applies water and oil to opened out hemp, to soften fibre and to prevent it from ‘licking up’ during..carding.
ˈbatching n. the action or process by which this is done; also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > batching
batching1880
1880 Chem. News 42 77/2 The fibres are matted together by a resinous constituent, and in order to fit them for the operations of combing they are subjected to the preliminary treatment of ‘batching’. This consists in moistening the fibre with a mixture of oil, [etc.].
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 802/2 (Jute) Batching or Softening.
1893 W. Leggatt Jute Spinning 19 The jute warehouse, which will be seen from a reference to the ground plan to adjoin the batching house.
1910 H. R. Carter Flax, Hemp, & Jute Spinners' Catech. 11 For common sacking wefts, a cheap batching mixture..will serve the purpose.
1911 E. R. Trotman & E. L. Thorp Princ. Bleaching & Finishing Cotton xxviii. 304 When wound up, the bearings of the batching roller are racked up and the roll unwound or removed.
1911 E. R. Trotman & E. L. Thorp Princ. Bleaching & Finishing Cotton xxviii. 304 The winding-on frame, or canroy, is a frame with tensioning staves, rollers, and scrimp rails, and batching tackle.
1921 J. Mackinnon Social & Industr. Hist. Scotl. ii. 115 This is done in the ‘batching room’, where the raw material is sprinkled with oil and water.
1943 J. S. Huxley TVA 23 From the quarry the rock was carried to the crusher, thence to the screening plant, the batching plant and concrete mixers.
1950 Engineering 20 Jan. 81/3 In the batching process, the quantities of cement and..aggregate are best measured by weight.
1952 Electronic Engin. 24 205 Electronics can accurately control a mechanical batching device.
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