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.