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-1 n. தளம் பாவுதற்குப் பயன்படும் மரப்பலகை, கம்பை, அள்ளு, பற்று, மின் விளக்குகளின் வரிசை, மின் விளக்குக்ள பொருத்தப் பெற்றுள்ள மரச்சட்டம், (கப்.) உராய்தலைத் தடுப்பதற்காக தூலத்தின்மேல் ஆணியடித்துப்பொருத்தப்படும் மரத்துண்டு, (வினை) அள்ளுகளைக் கொண்டு வலுப்படுத-2 n. பட்டுத்தறியில் ஊடுநூலைச் செறிவாகத்தள்ளும் இயங்கு சட்டம்.-3 v. பேருண்கொள், தின்றுகொழு, கிடந்துதிளை.
Bat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.] Etym: [See Batful.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton. 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land. Bat"ten, v. i. Defn: 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. Bat"ten, n . Etym: [F. b stick, staff. See Baton.] Defn: 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. Bat"ten, v. t. Defn: 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. Bat"ten, n. Etym: [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.] Defn: The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. Bat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.] Etym: [See Batful.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton. 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land. Bat"ten, v. i. Defn: 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. Bat"ten, n . Etym: [F. b stick, staff. See Baton.] Defn: 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. Bat"ten, v. t. Defn: 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. Bat"ten, n. Etym: [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.] Defn: The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. Bat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.] Etym: [See Batful.] 1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. "Battening our flocks." Milton. 2. To fertilize or enrich, as land. Bat"ten, v. i. Defn: 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. Bat"ten, n . Etym: [F. b stick, staff. See Baton.] Defn: 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. Bat"ten, v. t. Defn: 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. Bat"ten, n. Etym: [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.] Defn: The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.