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Meaning and definition for "batten" word
[verb] secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
[verb] furnish with battens; of ships
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\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.
\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.
\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.
\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.
Synonyms for batten
batten down, secure
See also: beef up | fortify | strengthen | strip |
Related terms: belay, border, butt, cloth, cyclorama, decor, drop curtain, friction tape, girdle, glut, gluttonize, gobble, guzzle, hanging, lath, lock out, seal off, seal up, strangle, tab, ticker tape, woodcut
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Let's analyse "batten" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NETTAB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
batten: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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