There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
BATTEN
batten
(noun) a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
batting, batten
(noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
batten
(verb) secure with battens; “batten down a ship’s hatches”
batten, batten down, secure
(verb) furnish with battens; “batten ships”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
batten (third-person singular simple present battens, present participle battening, simple past and past participle battened)
(intransitive) To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
(intransitive, figurative) To feed (on); to revel (in).
(intransitive) To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
(intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
(intransitive) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
(transitive) To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
(transitive) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
Etymology 2
Noun
batten (plural battens)
A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
(nautical) A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc, used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
Verb
batten (third-person singular simple present battens, present participle battening, simple past and past participle battened)
To furnish with battens.
(nautical) To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
Proper noun
Batten (plural Battens)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Batten is the 4597th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7716 individuals. Batten is most common among White (84.78%) and Black/African American (10.85%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.] Etym: [See Batful.]
1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton.
2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
Bat"ten, v. i.
Definition: To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. Dryden. The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. Garth. Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions. Emerson.
Bat"ten, n . Etym: [F. b stick, staff. See Baton.]
Definition: 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.
Bat"ten, v. t.
Definition: 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.
Bat"ten, n. Etym: [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.]
Definition: The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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