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Definition: batten
batten
n 1: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic
fiber [syn:
batting]
2: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
v 1: furnish with battens;
“batten ships” [syn:
batten down,
secure]
2: secure with battens;
“batten down a ship's hatches”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Batten
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.
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Batten
\Bat"ten\ (b[a^]t"t'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Battened
(b[a^]t"t'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Battening.] [See
Batful.]
1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
“Battening
our flocks.” --Milton.
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2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
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Batten
\Bat"ten\, v. i.
To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's
self. --Dryden.
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The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. --Garth.
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Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the
hideous facts in history, -- persecutions,
inquisitions. --Emerson.
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Batten
\Bat"ten\, n. [F. b[^a]ton 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.
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Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole
length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.
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Batten
\Bat"ten\, v. t.
To furnish or fasten with battens.
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To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the
tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.
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