batten

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batten englannista suomeksi

To cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten.

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(RQ:Milton Poems)
To enrich or fertilize (land, soil, etc.).
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To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to up. (defdate)
(RQ:Lyly Endymion)
(RQ:Jonson Bartholomew Fair)
(RQ:Herrick Hesperides)
(RQ:Dryden Miscellaneous Works)
(RQ:Dryden Hind and Panther)
(RQ:Cowper Homer)
Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.
''Followed by'' on: to eat greedily; to glut.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
(RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus)
(RQ:Garth Dispensary)
(RQ:Tennyson Complete Poetical Works)
(RQ:Browning Poems)
(RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray)
''Followed by'' on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.

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(RQ:Carlyle French Revolution), (..) do Sieur du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Motier's ''mouchards'' consort and colleague; battening vampyre-like on a People next-door to starvation.
To gloat at; to revel in.
To gratify a morbid appetite or craving.
(RQ:Jonson Volpone), haue his youth reſtor'd: / And vvith theſe thoughts ſo battens, as if fate / VVould be as eaſily cheated on, as he, / And all turnes aire!
(RQ:Emerson Society and Solitude), Caesar|Cæsar, of Borgia|Borgia, Marat|Marat, López de Santa Anna|Lopez, – men in whom every ray of humanity was extinguished, parricides, matricides, and whatever moral monsters.
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(RQ:Speed England)
(senseid) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.

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(senseid) A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially , one used for illuminating a stage; a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc.
(senseid) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
(RQ:Dana Two Years)
(RQ:Marryat Poor Jack) we were permitted to come in and hoist her ladyship up again to the battens.
(quote-book)
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
To furnish (something) with battens ''(noun (senseno))''.
''Chiefly followed by'' down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens ''(noun (senseno))''.

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