Batten

bat'n, n. a piece of board. [Same as Batter, hath to beat with succe ive blows: to wear with beating or by use to attack with artillery — n. ingredients beaten along with some liquid into a paste: {arch.) a backward sloi>e in the face of a wall. TFr bn tire, batters—L. battuere conn, with Beat.] mf>te mQte matin Men. 85 47 Batter Bear-garden Batter, bat'cr, «. one who uses the bat at cricket to live Gr pkub, L. Sans, bhu, to be,