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verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete)Examples: "VVe drove a field, and both together heard VVhat time the Gray-fly vvinds her ſultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks vvith the freſh devvs of night, […]"Synonyms: fleshen, stoutenobsoletetransitive
2. (transitive, obsolete)Examples: "[O]thers [i.e., rivers] ariſing and running thorovv this Shire, doe ſo batten the ground, that the Medovves euen in the midſt of VVinter grovv greene; […]"obsoleteraretransitive
3. (intransitive)Examples: "No, let him batten; when his tongue Once goes, a cat is not worse strung."; "Like enough, Sir, ſhee'll doe forty ſuch things in an houre (an you liſten to her) for her recreation, if the toy take her i'the greaſie kerchiefe: it makes her fat you ſee. Shee battens vvith it."; "VVe eate our ovvne, and batten more, Becauſe vve feed on no mans ſcore: But pitie thoſe vvhoſe flanks grovv great, Svvel'd vvith the Lard of others meat."Synonyms: fleshen, stoutenintransitive
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5. (intransitive)Examples: "Could you on this faire Mountaine leaue to feed, And batten on this Moore?"; "Follovv your Function, go, and batten on colde bits."; "As at full length the pamper'd Monarch lay, Batt'ning in Eaſe, and ſlumb'ring Life avvay: A ſpightful Noiſe his dovvny Chains unties, Haſtes forvvard, and encreaſes as it flies."intransitive
6. (intransitive)Examples: "Robber barons who battened on the poor"; "There, in these Dens of Satan, […] do Sieur Motier's mouchards consort and colleague; battening vampyre-like on a People next-door to starvation."figurativelyintransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Synonym of battle (“of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful”).Examples: "The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible."Synonyms: batful, battleobsolete
noun (English)
1. (carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
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3. (specifically)Examples: "The next morning, we took the battens from the hatches, and opened the ship."; "She was too sick to get out of bed, and he was not able to hoist her up without assistance; […] we were permitted to come in and hoist her ladyship up again to the battens."; "In carvel construction, the planks which cover the sides of the vessel lie alongside one another without overlapping and the seams are calked. Where the construction is too light to admit calking, a narrow batten or ribband is run along the seams inside."specifically
4. (specifically)Synonyms: beater, lathespecifically
verb (English)
1. (chiefly nautical) Chiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun sense 2.2).Examples: "Nail down the lid; caulk the seams; pay over the same with pitch; batten them down tight, and hang it with the snap-spring over the ship's stern. Were ever such things done before with a coffin?"Antonyms: unbattentransitive
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