[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

floating \float"ing\, n.
   1. weaving floating threads. see floating threads, above.
      1913 webster

   2. the second coat of three-coat plastering. --knight.
      1913 webster

   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
see also:
floating threads fattening plumping laying out 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. to make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
      land; to fatten fields with blood. --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
fattened fattening fat 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

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BBC NEWS | Africa | Mauritania's 'wife-fattening' farm
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BBC NEWS | Magazine | Is beer less fattening than wine?
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Is alcohol really fattening?
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Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Inequality is fattening
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1226522,00.html, score=34, date indexed=February 1, 2006, 3:44 pm

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fattening - definition of fattening by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and...
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