bat’n.

To fatten; to make fat; to make plump by plenteous feeding.

To fertilize or enrich land.

To grow or become fat; to live in luxury, or to grow fat in ease and luxury. The pampered monarch battening in ease.

A piece of board or scantling, of a few inches in breadth, used in making doors and windows. It is not as broad as a panel.

To form with battens.