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BatteningBatten 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. Battening
Battening Bat"ten*ing, n. (Arch.)
Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
Cerebral softeningSoftening Sof"ten*ing,
a. & n. from Soften, v.
Softening of the brain, or Cerebral softening (Med.), a
localized softening of the brain substance, due to
hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished
by their color and representing different stages of the
morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and
white, softening. ChristeningChristen Chris"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Christened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Christening.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian,
fr. cristen a Christian.]
1. To baptize and give a Christian name to.
2. To give a name; to denominate. ``Christen the thing what
you will.' --Bp. Burnet.
3. To Christianize. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.] DishearteningDishearten Dis*heart"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify. Fastening
Fastening Fas"ten*ing, n.
Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt,
bar, buckle, etc.
fatteningFloating Float"ing, n.
The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fattening, plumping, and laying out. FlatteningFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. Flattening ovenFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. Foreshortening
Foreshortening Fore*short"en*ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
FrighteningFrighten Fright"en, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frightening.] [See Fright, v. t.]
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
fright; to affright; to terrify.
More frightened than hurt. --Old Proverb. GlisteningGlisten Glis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glistening.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen,
glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See
Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.]
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild,
subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating
light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
Syn: See Flash. HasteningHasten Has"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hastening.]
To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to
precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to
hurry.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8. KitteningKitten Kit"ten, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Kittened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Kittening.]
To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.
--Shak. H. Spencer. ListeningListen Lis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS.
hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to
listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG.
hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. ?, and E. loud. [root]41. See
Loud, and cf. List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to
give ear; to hearken; to attend.
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more
particular attention to same sound, the tympanum is
drawn to a more than ordinary tension. --Holder.
2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to
obey.
Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson.
To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines;
scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and
professors. --Fuller.
Syn: To attend; hearken. See Attend. Red softening Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus
resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus
aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. ShorteningShorten Short"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in. Shortening
Shortening Short"en*ing, n.
1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as
butter, lard, etc.
SofteningSoftening Sof"ten*ing,
a. & n. from Soften, v.
Softening of the brain, or Cerebral softening (Med.), a
localized softening of the brain substance, due to
hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished
by their color and representing different stages of the
morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and
white, softening. Softening of the brainSoftening Sof"ten*ing,
a. & n. from Soften, v.
Softening of the brain, or Cerebral softening (Med.), a
localized softening of the brain substance, due to
hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished
by their color and representing different stages of the
morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and
white, softening. StraiteningStraiten Strait"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Straitening.]
1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to
confine.
Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges,
give a roaring noise. --Bacon.
In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton.
2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope.
3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means
or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past
participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances. Sweetening
Sweetening Sweet"en*ing, n.
1. The act of making sweet.
2. That which sweetens.
SweeteningSweeten Sweet"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sweetened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Sweetening.] [See Sweet, a.]
1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.
2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as,
to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the
temper.
4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to
sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden.
And sweeten every secret tear. --Keble.
5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
Correggio has made his memory immortal by the
strength he has given to his figures, and by
sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them
into each other. --Dryden.
6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter;
as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been
infected; to sweeten the air.
7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry
and sweeten soils.
8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten
water, butter, or meat. ThreateningThreatening Threat"en*ing,
a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.
Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats,
especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters. Threatening lettersThreatening Threat"en*ing,
a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.
Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats,
especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters. ThreateninglyThreatening Threat"en*ing,
a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.
Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats,
especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters. WhiteningWhiten Whit"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whitening.] [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hv[=i]tna.]
To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the
hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees
in spring whiten with blossoms. WhiteningWhitening Whit"en*ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or becoming white.
2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.]
Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by
cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture. Whitening stoneWhitening Whit"en*ing, n.
1. The act or process of making or becoming white.
2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.]
Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by
cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.
Meaning of Tening from wikipedia
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Tening HQ is a
village in the
Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is the
headquarters of the
Tening Circle.
According to the 2011
census of India, Tening...
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Tening is a
village in the
Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is
located in the
Tening Circle.
According to the 2011
census of India, Old
Tening has...
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Tening Namsan is a
village in the
Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is
located in the
Tening Circle.
According to the 2011
census of India, Tening...
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Nchang (born 1967) is an
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Tening Christ Village is a
village in the
Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is
located in the
Tening Circle.
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census of India...
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Tening is one of the 60
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constituencies of
Nagaland state in India. It is part of
Peren district and is
reserved for
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wrestlers in
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