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patten | fatten |

As a noun patten

is any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.

As a verb fatten is

to become fatter.

patten

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
  • * 1660 , (Samuel Pepys), Diary , 24 Jan 1660:
    • I went and told part of the excise money till twelve o’clock, and then called on my wife and took her to Mr. Pierces, she in the way being exceedingly troubled with a pair of new pattens , and I vexed to go so slow, it being late.
  • *
    • Tom Freckle, the smith's son, was the next victim to her rage. He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens'; nay, the very ' patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A stilt.
    • (Halliwell)

    See also

    * clog * chopine * geta * sabot * sandal

    Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias

    fatten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become fatter
    • He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.
  • To cause to be fatter
    • We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.
  • To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.
    • to fatten land
    (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * (become fatter) get fat, grow fat, put on weight, gain

    See also

    * fattening * fatten up