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v. t.
To furnish or fasten with battens.
n.
Any scantling smaller than a batten.
n.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Batten
n.
One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
n.
See Batten, and Baton.
v. t.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
n.
Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
n.
A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.
n .
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Batten
v. i.
To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
n.
A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
n.
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
v. t.
To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
v. t.
To fertilize or enrich, as land.