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   Batten (bătˈt'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (bătˈt'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.] [See Batful.]
   1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. “Battening our flocks.”  Milton.
   
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   2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
   
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   Batten, v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.  Dryden.
   
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   The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. Garth.
   
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   Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions. Emerson.
   
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   Batten, n. [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.
   
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   Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.
   
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   Batten, v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens.
   
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   To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.
   
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   Batten, n. [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.] The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
   
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   Lathe (lāth), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hlaða a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. löð a smith's lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning being, a frame to hold something. If so, the word is from an older form of E. lade to load. See Lade to load.]
   1. A granary; a barn. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   2. (Mach.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.
   
   
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   3. 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.
   
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   Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. -- Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe. -- Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc. -- Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot. -- Geometric lathe. See under Geometric -- Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool. -- Slide lathe, an engine lathe. -- Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.
   
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