BATTEN
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Bat"ten (băt"t'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (băt"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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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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Bat"ten, n. [F. bâton 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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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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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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