a large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.-a measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.-abounding with fat-fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.-oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.-exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.-fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.-rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.-abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.-of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.-an oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. see adipose tissue, under adipose.-the best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.-work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.-to make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.-to grow fat, plump, and fleshy.