batten

batten n _NID_: What a variety of senses in U. S. ! _G_: is _NID_ 5 a the Nfld sense enclosed? Should we exclude? OED v2[superscript] Cartwright - sb 1[superscript] 2 a ledge - Devine - but I'm not positive sb 3 "fixed over the hatchways" sb1[superscript] 2 A bar or strip (orig. as in...

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Summary:batten n _NID_: What a variety of senses in U. S. ! _G_: is _NID_ 5 a the Nfld sense enclosed? Should we exclude? OED v2[superscript] Cartwright - sb 1[superscript] 2 a ledge - Devine - but I'm not positive sb 3 "fixed over the hatchways" sb1[superscript] 2 A bar or strip (orig. as in sense 1) nailed or glued across a door or anything composed of parallel boards, to hold these together, give strength, or prevent warping Withdraw Not used Used I Withdrawn 'batten v' appears in the DNE I but NID sense 5 appears in reference to a nominal variant. Check mark by 'exclude', 'Cartwright' and 'Devine'. Card has been re-filed alphabetically in its drawer so it appears next to B_10563 'batten'