What is the variant bā character for 巴掌? I'm working through the entry for 耳巴 in《四川方言词语续考》and I don't have my paper copy around.

The problem is I only have my crappy OCR'd digital version which is giving me �� where a proper character should be.

Here's the part I'm struggling over:


  或作“耳��”。民國十八年《榮縣志·禮俗》： “《說文》： ‘獸足謂之番。’ 附袁切。古無輕唇音，番讀如班，今音如板， 手掌謂手番， 足掌曰足番，雙聲轉��。《說文》： ‘��， ��擊 也。 ’ 今��掌、耳��，北人强以刮字當之， 非也。”


A variant bā character for 巴掌 I figured would be quite easy to find, but nothing is showing up in searches for 北人强以刮字當之, etc.

The only variant I know for 巴 is  but I can't seem to find any《說文》material for .

Can anyone fill in the blanks (read: question marks)? What is the variant bā character for 巴掌?
「」 fulfils the statement 《說文》：‘��，��擊也。’ (check the Shuowen entry on zdic), and also everything else.


  耳巴，或作 “耳「」”。民國十八年《榮縣志·禮俗》：“《說文》： ‘獸足謂之番。’ 附袁切。古無輕唇音，番讀如班，今音如板， 手掌謂手番， 足掌曰足番，雙聲轉「」。《說文》： ‘「」，「」（批）擊也。’ 今「」掌、耳「」，北人强以刮字當之， 非也。”


Note,


Zdict lists「」with the third tone, not the first tone (bā). I can't confirm with an external resource about this tone.
北人强以刮字當之 is saying that there are multiple words for「耳巴」, like「耳光」,「耳摑」,「耳刮子」, etc.