batten

[bat·ten]

A strip fixed to something to hold it firm

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To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.

Noun
a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

Noun
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

Verb
secure with battens; "batten down a ship''s hatches"

Verb
furnish with battens; "batten ships"

v. t.
To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.

v. t.
To fertilize or enrich, as land.

v. i.
To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.

n .
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.

v. t.
To furnish or fasten with battens.

v. t.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

Batten

Bat"ten , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (); p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.] [See Batful.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton. 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.

Batten

Bat"ten, v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. Dryden.
The pampered monarch lay battening in ease.
Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions.

Batten

Bat"ten, n . [F. bton stick, staff. See Baton.] A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc. Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.

Batten

Bat"ten, v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens. To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.

Batten

Bat"ten, n. [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.] The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.

To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.

A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.

To furnish or fasten with battens.

The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

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