3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.

Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.

Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.

Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.

Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.

Geometric lathe. See under Geometric

Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.

Slide lathe, an engine lathe.

Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens.

To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batten \Bat"ten\, n. [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.]

The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Battening.]

[See Batful.]

1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. ``Battening our flocks.'' --Milton.

2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batten \Bat"ten\, v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. --Dryden.

The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. --Garth.

Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions. --Emerson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Batten \Bat"ten\, n . [F. b?ton stick, staff. See Baton.]

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.

Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)