Battened

1. imp. & p. p. of Batten

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Battening

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Batten

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Batten

1. v. t. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
2. v. t. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
3. v. t. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
4. v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one’s self.
5. 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.
6. v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens.

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Battered

1. imp. & p. p. of Batter

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Battering

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Batter

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Batter

1. n. One who wields a bat; a batsman.
2. v. t. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
3. v. t. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
4. v. t. To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
5. v. t. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
6. v. t. Paste of clay or loam.
7. v. t. A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
8. n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
9. v. i. To slope gently backward.
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Batterer

1. n. One who, or that which, batters.

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Battering-ram

1. n. A blacksmith’s hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
2. n. An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

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Battering train

1. A train of artillery for siege operations.

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Batteries

1. pl. of Battery

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