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English Dictionary: batten	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batten n stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber Synonym(s): batting, batten a strip fixed to something to hold it firm v furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: batten, batten down, secure] secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battened} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battening}.] [See {Batful}.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. [bd]Battening our flocks.[b8] --Milton. 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Batten \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Batten \Bat"ten\, n . [F. b[?]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. {Batten door} (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Batten \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.