Batten

·vt To fertilize or enrich, as land.

II. Batten ·vt To furnish or fasten with battens.

III. Batten ·vi To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.

IV. Batten ·vt To make fat by plenteous feeding; to Fatten.

V. Batten ·vt The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

VI. Batten ·noun 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.