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BATTENS
Noun
battens
plural of batten
Proper noun
Battens
plural of Batten
Source: Wiktionary
BATTEN
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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