BATTEN

, a name given by workmen to a scantling or piece of wooden stuff, about an inch thick, and from 2 to 4 inches broad; of a considerable but indeterminate length.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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BASS
BASSANTIN (James)
BASSOON
BASTION
BASTON
* BATTEN
BATTERING
BATTERY
BATTLEMENTS
BAY
BAYER (John)