v. t. | 1. | To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. | |||
2. | To fertilize or enrich, as land. | ||||
v. i. | 1. | To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. | |||
n. | 1. | (Com. & Arch.) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling;
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v. t. | 1. | To furnish or fasten with battens.
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n. | 1. | The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. |
Noun | 1. | batten - stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber Synonyms: batting |
2. | batten - a strip fixed to something to hold it firm | |
Verb | 1. | batten - furnish with battens; "batten ships" Synonyms: batten down, secure |
2. | batten - secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches" |