See batten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1612 (indicated as 1611), John Speed, “Stafford-shire”, in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine: Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Iles Adioyning: […], London: […] [William Hall] […] and are to be solde by Iohn Sudbury & Georg Humble, […], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-15, paragraph 6, page 69:",
"text": "[O]thers [i.e., rivers] ariſing and running thorovv this Shire, doe ſo batten the ground, that the Medovves euen in the midſt of VVinter grovv greene; […]",
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"ref": "c. 1588 (date written; published 1591), John Lyly, Endimion, the Man in the Moone. […], London: […] I[ohn] Charlewood, for the widdowe Broome, →OCLC; republished George P[ierce] Baker, editor, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, 1894, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 50, lines 1126–1127:",
"text": "No, let him batten; when his tongue\n Once goes, a cat is not worse strung.",
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"text": "Like enough, Sir, ſhee'll doe forty ſuch things in an houre (an you liſten to her) for her recreation, if the toy take her i'the greaſie kerchiefe: it makes her fat you ſee. Shee battens vvith it.",
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"text": "VVe eate our ovvne, and batten more,\n Becauſe vve feed on no mans ſcore:\n But pitie thoſe vvhoſe flanks grovv great,\n Svvel'd vvith the Lard of others meat.",
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"ref": "1684, John Dryden, “Prologue to the Dissappointment: Or, The Mother in Fashion. [By Mr. [Thomas] Southerne, 1684.] Spoken by Mr. [Thomas] Betterton.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 349:",
"text": "Our vvomen batten vvell on their good-nature;\n All they can rap and rend for the dear creature.",
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"ref": "1687, [John Dryden], “[The First Part]”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 22:",
"text": "Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock\n Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock;\n Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv\n The diligence of carefull herds belovv.",
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"ref": "1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book XXII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 577, lines 106–109:",
"text": "[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects\n The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs\n Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks\n Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.",
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{
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{
"ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 271, column 1:",
"text": "Could you on this faire Mountaine leaue to feed,\n And batten on this Moore?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 22, column 1:",
"text": "Follovv your Function, go, and batten on colde bits.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1699, [Samuel Garth], “Canto I”, in The Dispensary: A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Nutt […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "As at full length the pamper'd Monarch lay,\n Batt'ning in Eaſe, and ſlumb'ring Life avvay:\n A ſpightful Noiſe his dovvny Chains unties,\n Haſtes forvvard, and encreaſes as it flies.",
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},
{
"ref": "1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Kraken”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Chicago, Ill.: The Dominion Company, published 1897, →OCLC, page 8:",
"text": "There hath he lain for ages and will lie\n Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Prometheus Bound. From the Greek of Æschylus.”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 187:",
"text": "The strong carnivorous eagle, shall wheel down\n To meet thee,—self-called to a daily feast,—\n And set his fierce beak in thee, and tear off\n The long rags of thy flesh, and batten deep\n Upon thy dusky liver!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 248:",
"text": "The brain had its own food on which it battened, and the imagination, made grotesque by terror, twisted and distorted as a living thing by pain, danced like some foul puppet on a stand and grinned through moving masks.",
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}
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[
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[
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[
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],
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"text": "Robber barons who battened on the poor",
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{
"ref": "1837, Thomas Carlyle, “The Wakeful”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 108:",
"text": "There, in these Dens of Satan, […] do Sieur Motier's mouchards consort and colleague; battening vampyre-like on a People next-door to starvation.",
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],
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[
"expense",
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[
"others",
"other#Noun"
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],
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"(intransitive)",
"(figurative) Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others."
],
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"intransitive"
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{
"_dis1": "18 1 3 4 2 70 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"word": "lihoa"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "es sich gut gehen lassen (auf Kosten anderer)",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 3 4 2 70 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"word": "gedeihen"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 3 4 2 70 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"word": "schmarotzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 3 4 2 70 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naživátʹsja",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нажива́ться"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nažítʹsja",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "нажи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 3 4 2 70 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"word": "aprovecharse"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 3 4 2 70 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others",
"word": "medrar"
}
]
},
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],
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"links": [
[
"gloat",
"gloat#Verb"
],
[
"revel",
"revel#Verb"
]
],
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"(intransitive)",
"(figurative) To gloat at; to revel in."
],
"tags": [
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
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"ref": "1605 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene iiii, page 461:",
"text": "[H]opes he may\n VVith charmes, like Æson, haue his youth reſtor'd:\n And vvith theſe thoughts ſo battens, as if fate\n VVould be as eaſily cheated on, as he,\n And all turnes aire!",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1870, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Courage”, in Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 247:",
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"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volige"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pértega"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fieira"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dachlatte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Diele"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Latte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leiste"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"Uri"
],
"word": "Schiie"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "ʻaho lolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שְׂחִיף"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "deszka"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "hézagtakaró"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "hézagtakaró léc"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "palló"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "szegélyléc"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "léc"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corrente"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lapazza"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tavolone"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dēlis"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "štíca",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шти́ца"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "létva",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́тва"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "kasau"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "kayu tetulang"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "papan lantai"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "claare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "kaho"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "pātene"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "tūmatahuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "bielka"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "labank"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"note": "for roofs",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hekte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"note": "for roofs",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "taklekte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łata"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "listwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "liț"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "doská",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доска́"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "láta",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"regional"
],
"word": "ла́та"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dránka",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дра́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plánka",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пла́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "réjka",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ре́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjos",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тёс"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ши̑ндра"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "šȋndra"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lapazza"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "szl",
"lang": "Silesian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lajsta"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alfarda"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barreta"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listón"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ristrel"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "uby",
"lang": "Ubykh",
"roman": "kawar",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "қауар"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tes",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тес"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 12 9 1",
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łȧjst"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Theater",
"orig": "en:Theater",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc."
],
"id": "en-batten-en-noun-en:theater",
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"number",
"number#Noun"
],
[
"lamps",
"lamp#Noun"
],
[
"theater",
"theater"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"illuminating",
"illuminate#Verb"
],
[
"stage",
"stage#Noun"
],
[
"long",
"long#Adjective"
],
[
"bar",
"bar#Noun"
],
[
"metal",
"metal#Adjective"
],
[
"affixed",
"affix#Verb"
],
[
"ceiling",
"ceiling#Noun"
],
[
"fly system",
"fly system"
],
[
"support",
"support#Verb"
],
[
"curtains",
"curtain#Noun"
],
[
"scenery",
"scenery"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(specifically)",
"A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc."
],
"senseid": [
"en:theater"
],
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"specifically"
],
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{
"_dis1": "10 79 10 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage",
"word": "putki"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 79 10 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage",
"word": "tanko"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 70 14 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "long bar affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, etc.",
"word": "tanko"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 70 14 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "long bar affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sztankiet"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., chapter XXIX, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC, page 326:",
"text": "The next morning, we took the battens from the hatches, and opened the ship.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1840, [Frederick] Marryat, “In which, Like Most People, who Tell Their Own Stories, I Begin with the Histories of Other People”, in Poor Jack. […], London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "She was too sick to get out of bed, and he was not able to hoist her up without assistance; […] we were permitted to come in and hoist her ladyship up again to the battens.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1972 September 1, “Basic Construction of Small Boats and Ships”, in Marine Crewman’s Handbook (Technical Manual; 55-501), Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Department of the Army, →OCLC, section II (The Construction of Small Boats), page 12-3:",
"text": "In carvel construction, the planks which cover the sides of the vessel lie alongside one another without overlapping and the seams are calked. Where the construction is too light to admit calking, a narrow batten or ribband is run along the seams inside.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended."
],
"id": "en-batten-en-noun-en:nautical",
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"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"narrow",
"narrow#Adjective"
],
[
"fibreglass",
"fibreglass#Noun"
],
[
"metal",
"metal#Noun"
],
[
"purposes",
"purpose#Noun"
],
[
"aboard",
"aboard#Preposition"
],
[
"ship",
"ship#Noun"
],
[
"attach",
"attach"
],
[
"mast",
"mast#Noun"
],
[
"spar",
"spar#Noun"
],
[
"protection",
"protection"
],
[
"edge",
"edge#Noun"
],
[
"tarpaulin",
"tarpaulin#Noun"
],
[
"covering",
"cover#Verb"
],
[
"hatch",
"hatch#Noun"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"water",
"water#Noun"
],
[
"entering",
"enter#Verb"
],
[
"inserted",
"insert#Verb"
],
[
"pocket",
"pocket#Noun"
],
[
"sewn",
"sew#Verb"
],
[
"sail",
"sail#Noun"
],
[
"keep",
"keep#Verb"
],
[
"flat",
"flat#Adjective"
],
[
"hammock",
"hammock#Noun"
],
[
"suspend",
"suspend"
]
],
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"(specifically)",
"(nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended."
],
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"en:nautical"
],
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],
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"transport"
],
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{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"note": "for sails",
"roman": "láta",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ла́та"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"note": "for sails",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sabre"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"word": "latta"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Latte"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Segellatte"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"note": "for sails",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stecca"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serretta"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "létva",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́тва"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "listwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 19 65 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "for sails",
"roman": "láta",
"sense": "long, narrow strip used for various purposes aboard a ship",
"tags": [
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"text": "[O]thers [i.e., rivers] ariſing and running thorovv this Shire, doe ſo batten the ground, that the Medovves euen in the midſt of VVinter grovv greene; […]",
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"text": "Like enough, Sir, ſhee'll doe forty ſuch things in an houre (an you liſten to her) for her recreation, if the toy take her i'the greaſie kerchiefe: it makes her fat you ſee. Shee battens vvith it.",
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"text": "VVe eate our ovvne, and batten more,\n Becauſe vve feed on no mans ſcore:\n But pitie thoſe vvhoſe flanks grovv great,\n Svvel'd vvith the Lard of others meat.",
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"ref": "1687, [John Dryden], “[The First Part]”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 22:",
"text": "Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock\n Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock;\n Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv\n The diligence of carefull herds belovv.",
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"text": "[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects\n The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs\n Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks\n Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.",
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"ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 271, column 1:",
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"ref": "1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Prometheus Bound. From the Greek of Æschylus.”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 187:",
"text": "The strong carnivorous eagle, shall wheel down\n To meet thee,—self-called to a daily feast,—\n And set his fierce beak in thee, and tear off\n The long rags of thy flesh, and batten deep\n Upon thy dusky liver!",
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"ref": "1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 248:",
"text": "The brain had its own food on which it battened, and the imagination, made grotesque by terror, twisted and distorted as a living thing by pain, danced like some foul puppet on a stand and grinned through moving masks.",
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"ref": "1837, Thomas Carlyle, “The Wakeful”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 108:",
"text": "There, in these Dens of Satan, […] do Sieur Motier's mouchards consort and colleague; battening vampyre-like on a People next-door to starvation.",
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"ref": "1605 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene iiii, page 461:",
"text": "[H]opes he may\n VVith charmes, like Æson, haue his youth reſtor'd:\n And vvith theſe thoughts ſo battens, as if fate\n VVould be as eaſily cheated on, as he,\n And all turnes aire!",
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"ref": "1870, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Courage”, in Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 247:",
"text": "[T]here are sceptics with a taste for carrion who batten on the hideous facts in history, – persecutions, inquisitions, St. Bartholomew massacres, devilish lives, Nero, Cæsar, Borgia, Marat, Lopez, – men in whom every ray of humanity was extinguished, parricides, matricides, and whatever moral monsters.",
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[
"support",
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[
"curtains",
"curtain#Noun"
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[
"scenery",
"scenery"
]
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"specifically"
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},
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"text": "The next morning, we took the battens from the hatches, and opened the ship.",
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},
{
"ref": "1840, [Frederick] Marryat, “In which, Like Most People, who Tell Their Own Stories, I Begin with the Histories of Other People”, in Poor Jack. […], London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "She was too sick to get out of bed, and he was not able to hoist her up without assistance; […] we were permitted to come in and hoist her ladyship up again to the battens.",
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},
{
"ref": "1972 September 1, “Basic Construction of Small Boats and Ships”, in Marine Crewman’s Handbook (Technical Manual; 55-501), Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Department of the Army, →OCLC, section II (The Construction of Small Boats), page 12-3:",
"text": "In carvel construction, the planks which cover the sides of the vessel lie alongside one another without overlapping and the seams are calked. Where the construction is too light to admit calking, a narrow batten or ribband is run along the seams inside.",
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}
],
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"A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended."
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[
"metal",
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[
"purposes",
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[
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],
[
"ship",
"ship#Noun"
],
[
"attach",
"attach"
],
[
"mast",
"mast#Noun"
],
[
"spar",
"spar#Noun"
],
[
"protection",
"protection"
],
[
"edge",
"edge#Noun"
],
[
"tarpaulin",
"tarpaulin#Noun"
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[
"covering",
"cover#Verb"
],
[
"hatch",
"hatch#Noun"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"water",
"water#Noun"
],
[
"entering",
"enter#Verb"
],
[
"inserted",
"insert#Verb"
],
[
"pocket",
"pocket#Noun"
],
[
"sewn",
"sew#Verb"
],
[
"sail",
"sail#Noun"
],
[
"keep",
"keep#Verb"
],
[
"flat",
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],
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"hammock",
"hammock#Noun"
],
[
"suspend",
"suspend"
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],
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"The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof."
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],
[
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"loom",
"loom#Noun"
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[
"strikes",
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],
[
"home",
"home#Noun"
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[
"closes",
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"(specifically)",
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"business",
"manufacturing",
"textiles",
"weaving"
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}
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{
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]
},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ætən"
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{
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}
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"tags": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fasqiyya",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فَسْقِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fisqiyya",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فِسْقِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎská",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дъска́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "壓條"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yātiáo",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "压条"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "壓枝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāzhī",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "压枝"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"slang"
],
"word": "lajsna"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lať"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lišta"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tes"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "palubka"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "lato"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "lista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "wooden",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "puulista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "rima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "soiro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "for support",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "tukipuu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "vuorilista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volige"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pértega"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fieira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dachlatte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Diele"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Latte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leiste"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"Uri"
],
"word": "Schiie"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "ʻaho lolo"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שְׂחִיף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "deszka"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "hézagtakaró"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "hézagtakaró léc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "palló"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "szegélyléc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "léc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corrente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lapazza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tavolone"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dēlis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "štíca",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шти́ца"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "létva",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́тва"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "kasau"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "kayu tetulang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "papan lantai"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "claare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "kaho"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "pātene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "tūmatahuki"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "bielka"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "labank"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"note": "for roofs",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hekte"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"note": "for roofs",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "taklekte"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łata"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "listwa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "liț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "doská",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доска́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "láta",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"regional"
],
"word": "ла́та"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dránka",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дра́нка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plánka",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пла́нка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "réjka",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ре́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjos",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тёс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ши̑ндра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "šȋndra"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lapazza"
},
{
"code": "szl",
"lang": "Silesian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lajsta"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alfarda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barreta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ristrel"
},
{
"code": "uby",
"lang": "Ubykh",
"roman": "kawar",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"word": "қауар"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tes",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тес"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, etc.",
"tags": [
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"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Life-buoy”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 580:",
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"sense": "to furnish (something) with battens",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to furnish (something) with battens",
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"word": "kiinnittää latoilla"
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"sense": "to fasten or secure (a hatch, etc.) using battens",
"word": "Schotten dicht machen"
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"sense": "to fasten or secure (a hatch, etc.) using battens",
"word": "задраивать"
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