fattening

3 definitions found

fattening - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Floating \Float"ing\, n.
     1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
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     2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
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     3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
        placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
        fattening, plumping, and laying out.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating charge

  Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Fattening.] [See Fat, v. t.]
     1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or
        plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
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     2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
        land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.
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fattening - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fattening
      adj 1: subject to or used in the process of finishing or
             fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening
             pens"