Batch.
A lot of prepared materials or articles, suitable in quantity for once charging a pot, furnace, or oven.
1. (Glass.) The frit of a glass-maker compounded and sifted for use, ready for the glass-pot or crucible.
2. A lot of dough or unbaked loaves.
3. (Mining.) A certain quantity of ore sent from a mine to the surface by a couple of men.