batura

batura [cf. bateria, batitura, battuere] , beating: a battery, violent attack; b crushing, pounding; c beating of metal. a 1256 fuerunt secum in auxilio ad dictam ~am et rescussionem CourtR Ramsey 28; s1229 Edwardus ‥ verberavit Aliciam ‥ et ipsam maletractavit, ita quod obiit de ~ura illa MGL I 91 (cf. ib. 98: de †bativa); c1320 purgatio oritur de insultis, ~is, toltis Ib. 56.  b 1286 ~a pulverum ad coquinam (KR Ac 91/7) Arch. LXX 52.  c 1286 pro coctura et ~a ponderis lx s. de auro KR Ac 372/11 m. 3.