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To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton.

Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.

See Batten, and Baton.

A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise.

inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

Any scantling smaller than a batten.

. Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc. -- To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. -- To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.

ch, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.

the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. 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 lath…

A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

tripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.

Shears See Shear. Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. -- Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. -- Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk. -- Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection of the l…