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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Batten \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.

Batten \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.

Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battened} (?); 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.

Batten \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.

Batten \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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

batten
     n 1: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic
          fiber [syn: {batting}]
     2: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
     v 1: furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: {batten down}, {secure}]
     2: secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"