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Webster 1913 Edition

Batten

Bat′ten

(băt′t’n)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Battened
(băt′t’nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Battening
.]
[See
Batful
.]
1.
To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
“Battening our flocks.”
Milton.
2.
To fertilize or enrich, as land.

Bat′ten

,
Verb.
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.

Bat′ten

,
Noun.
[F.
bâton
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.

Bat′ten

,
Verb.
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.

Bat′ten

,
Noun.
[F.
battant
. See
Batter
,
Verb.
T.
]
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

Webster 1828 Edition

Batten

BAT'TEN

,
Verb.
T.
bat'n. [See Fat.]
1.
To fatten; to make fat; to make plump by plenteous feeding.
2.
To fertilize or enrich land.

BAT'TEN

,
Verb.
I.
To grow or become fat; to live in luxury, or to grow fat in ease and luxury.
The pampered monarch battening in ease.

BAT'TEN

,
Noun.
A piece of board or scantling, of a few inches in breadth, used in making doors and windows. It is not as broad as a panel.

BAT'TEN

,
Verb.
T.
To form with battens.

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