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.
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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.
Garth.
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. 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.
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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.
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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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