2. To fertilize or enrich, as land. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Battening — Bat ten*ing, n. (Arch.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
battening — bat·ten || bætn n. board, piece of wood used to hold something in place v. grow fat; live luxuriously at the expense of another; secure with battens … English contemporary dictionary
battening — battˈening noun Battens forming a structure • • • Main Entry: ↑batten … Useful english dictionary
batten — I. verb (battened; battening) Etymology: probably from Old Norse batna to improve; akin to Old English betera better Date: circa 1540 intransitive verb 1. a. to grow fat b. to feed gluttonously 2. to grow prosperous especially at the expense of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Batten — Bat ten (b[a^]t t n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battened} (b[a^]t t nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battening}.] [See {Batful}.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. Battening our flocks. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Battened — Batten Bat ten (b[a^]t t n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battened} (b[a^]t t nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battening}.] [See {Batful}.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. Battening our flocks. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To fertilize or enrich, as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loom — For other uses, see Loom (disambiguation). Draper power loom in Lowell, Massachusetts … Wikipedia
Mt. Egypt — is the moniker for Travis Graves, an American singer songwriter from Virginia. In 2002, skateboarding friend Jason Dill connected Graves to the label Record Collection.[1] The following year, Mt. Egypt released his debut album, Battening the… … Wikipedia
Shuttle loom — Shuttle LoomsThe major components of the loom are the warp beam, heddles, harnesses, shuttle, reed and takeup roll. In the loom, yarn processing includes shedding, picking, battening and taking up operations.Shedding. Shedding is the raising of… … Wikipedia
batten — {{11}}batten (n.) strip of wood (especially used to fasten canvas over ships hatches), 1650s, anglicized variant of baton a stick, a staff (see BATON (Cf. baton)). Nautical use attested from 1769. {{12}}batten (v.1) to improve; to fatten, 1590s,… … Etymology dictionary
