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batten

('b/&/t/-/n )

stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
batting

source: wordnet30
a strip fixed to something to hold it firm(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling;(noun)

source: webster1913
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.(noun)

source: webster1913

furnish with battens(verb.contact)

Example:
Batten ships.

Synonym:
batten down, secure

source: wordnet30
secure with battens(verb.contact)

Example:
Batten down a ship's hatches.

source: wordnet30
To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.(verb)

source: webster1913
To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.(verb)

source: webster1913
To furnish or fasten with battens.(verb)

source: webster1913

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