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battner

noun

Etymology

From batten + -er; so called because beef is apt to batten or fatten those that eat it.

  1. derived from *bʰed-✻ — “good”
  2. derived from *batnaną✻ — “to become better, improve”
  3. derived from batna — “to grow better, improve, recover”
  4. inherited from *battenen✻
  5. suffixed as battner — “batten + er”

Definitions

  1. An ox.

    • The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA