BPage 89
- English Word Batten Definition 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.
- English Word Batten Definition To furnish or fasten with battens.
- English Word Batten Definition The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
- English Word Battened Definition of Batten
- English Word Battening Definition of Batten
- English Word Battening Definition Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
- English Word Batter Definition 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.
- English Word Batter Definition To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
- English Word Batter Definition To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- English Word Batter Definition A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
- English Word Batter Definition Paste of clay or loam.
- English Word Batter Definition A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- English Word Batter Definition A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
- English Word Batter Definition To slope gently backward.
- English Word Batter Definition One who wields a bat; a batsman.
- English Word Battered Definition of Batter
- English Word Batterer Definition One who, or that which, batters.
- English Word Batteries Definition of Battery
- English Word Battering Definition of Batter
- English Word Battering train Definition A train of artillery for siege operations.