"Batten" is a word in ENGLISH
To furnish or fasten with battens.
To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut
one's self.
To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
To fertilize or enrich, as land.
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.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes
the threads of a woof.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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Read the complete definitionA limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing …
Read the complete definitionAnimal fat; lard.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action …
Read the complete definitionA soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
Read the complete definitionThe state of being fat; fatness.
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Read the complete definitionTo grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
Read the complete definitionági v [A2S3S; b6] {1} go by, through a place. Dílì ku muági dihà kay náay irù, I wont go …
Read the complete definitionálan - Rancidity, rankness of taste or smell; to become rancid, rank, strong-scented, turn bad, said of fats, oils, bacon …
Read the complete definitionaligi Definition: (noun) fat of crabs, shrimps
Read the complete definitionaligí - The fat, the soft and most savoury part of a crab’s meat, especially applied to the alimángo-crab. Only …
Read the complete definitionaligi n the yellow fat of crabs. v [A13; b4] {1} for crabs to have fat in abundant quantities. Kasag …
Read the complete definitionalikúmù (from kúmù) n k. o. sea crab with roundish bulging body, 2 in length, yellowish green, with fat stubby …
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Read the complete definitionalta prisyun n high blood pressure. v [B12; a4] have high blood pressure. Ayawg hingárig káug tambuk kay alta prisyunun …
Read the complete definitionangtud a having the smell of burnt hair, cloth, or flesh with-out fat. v [BN; b6] smell of burnt hair. …
Read the complete definitionThe fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
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