Vocabulary : Batten to Battering-ram
Batten : To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. ;; To fertilize or enrich, as land. ;; To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. ;; 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. ;; To furnish or fasten with battens. ;; The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.Battened : of Batten
Battening : of Batten ;; Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
Batter : 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. ;; To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. ;; To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. ;; A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. ;; Paste of clay or loam. ;; A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. ;; A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. ;; To slope gently backward. ;; One who wields a bat; a batsman.
Battered : of Batter
