| 单词 | battening |
| 释义 | ▪ I. battening, n.|ˈbæt(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. batten n. + -ing1.]
The application or addition of battens; a structure formed with battens.
1794W. Felton Carriages (1801) I. 17 The other inside work is battening, blocking, and gluing. 1796W. Marshall Yorksh. (ed. 2) I. 194 Fence Walls.—Battoning, in the Norfolk manner, is unknown. 1834Brit. Husbandry I. 89 Palings, battenings, and other fences. 1880Howells Undisc. Country i. 29 ‘Mr. Hatch, will you put up the battening?’ Hatch made haste to darken the windows completely with some light wooden sheathings prepared for the purpose.
▪ II. battening, ppl. a.|ˈbæt(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. batten v.1]
1. intr. Feeding to advantage, or with a relish; growing fat.
1593Drayton Eclog. ix. 70 Their batning Flocks on grassy Leaes to hold. 1714Gay Sheph. Week Friday 156 Battening hogs roll in the sinking mire. 1765Beattie Judgm. Paris lxxxii, Battening Avarice mocks his tuneless lyre.
2. trans. Fattening; fertilizing.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 206 Twixt Trent and batning Dove. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 34 The Meadows here, with bat'ning ooze enrich'd. |
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