'Batten' definitions:

Definition of 'batten'

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noun
Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber [syn: batting, batten]
noun
A strip fixed to something to hold it firm
verb
Furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: batten, batten down, secure]
verb
Secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"

Definition of 'Batten'

From: GCIDE
  • Batten \Bat"ten\, v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. --Garth. [1913 Webster]
  • Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Batten'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Batten'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Batten'

From: GCIDE
  • Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens. [1913 Webster]
  • To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Batten'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'batten'

From: GCIDE
  • [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. [1913 Webster]
  • Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.
  • Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.
  • Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.
  • Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.
  • Geometric lathe. See under Geometric
  • Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.
  • Slide lathe, an engine lathe.
  • Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'batten'

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