The skipper had the provisioning of the ship, and, being a just man, he did not do as so many would have done under the same circumstances: starve the men to fatten his own pocket.
And any suggestion upon the part of his servants that food was being wasted was always fiercely resented by every member of the crew, who would immediately accuse them of trying to fatten their employer at the sailor's expense.
Instead of barley, or oats, they give them maize reduced to flour, which they mix with milk, when they are inclined to fatten them; and in this hot climate they seldom let them drink.
They fatten much the quickest in autumn, both on account of the plenty of food and because they lose much less by perspiration than in the summer months.
These animals are in their greatest vigour from three weeks old till nine; after this, neither cows nor bulls are fit for any thing but to fatten for the slaughter.
If these are not sufficient proofs let us consider the method made use of to fatten cattle.
Every year those grown of a proper age to fatten should be picked out of the flock, as they require a different treatment.
He is then sent to fatten among the old goats, and castrated kids which have been emasculated at six months old, to render their flesh more juicy and tender.
It is sufficient to let calves suck two or three times in a day; and to fattenthem quickly, they should every day have raw eggs, and boiled milk and bread.
When we begin to fatten them they must not be suffered to work any longer.
Ewes fatten when they are with young, because they then eat more than at any other time.
For the same reason, when oxen loath their food, they give them grass soaked in vinegar, or strewed with salt; salt may also be given to them, as it excites their appetites in order to fatten them in a short time.
It is usual to put them to fatten when ten years old; if we stay longer, there is less certainty of success, and their flesh is not so good.
It is not necessary in fattening the hog, to wait, as with other cattle, until he is full grown, for the older he is the more difficult it is to fatten him, and his flesh decreases in goodness with age.
Of all the beasts that ever were born, Your Locust most delights in corn; And tho' his body be but small, To fatten him takes the devil and all!
To expect that we Peers of high birth "Should waste our illustrious acres, "For no other purpose on earth "Than to fatten curst calico-makers!
The Cambridge combines enormous size, a tendency to fatten speedily, and first-rate flavour.
To fatten ducks let them have as much substantial food as they will eat, bruised oats and peameal being the standard, plenty of exercise, and clean water.
It is a common practice to fatten poultry in coops by a process called "cramming," by which they are loaded with greasy fat in a very short time.
Hen chickens, deprived of their reproductive organs in order to fatten them sooner, are common in France, where they are styled poulardes.
The swiftness of the racehorse, the propensity to fatten in cattle, and to produce fine wool in sheep, are improvements which have been made in particular varieties in the species to which these animals belong.
In this way these so-called "eye doctors" fatten on the credulity of their victims, doing them absolutely no good and quite often a serious injury.
Blackmailers are ever on the alert to learn anything detrimental to a person's character, and let them once obtain this, theyfatten on it.
I will fattenup your infamy, and add fuel to your doom.
You leave behind you rocks and forests, and reach an open plain on which you see, perhaps, a dozen cows, where millions might fatten and feed.
Canada can feed and fatten millions, who in England will have to live as a burden on the community.
Can that huge region ever grow wheat and fatten flocks?
By itself, marrow would notfatten my ribs; but meat with marrow is most delectable.
The forest and plains were alive with game, and each morning at sunrise it was her custom to set out for the hunt, and scarcely a day passed but she returned with sufficient meat to fatten her household.
Maggots shall fatten in thy mouth; The soldiers eat the fragrant mihi.
It is a device for relieving pain or weariness which seems to have no injurious reaction and no drawback but one--it is said to fatten the subjects of it.
He will devour you, fatten himself with such easy prey.
I must fatten and kill them all off before the autumn,' she said; 'at least, nearly all.
Martha disposed of several couple almost at once, and proceeded to fatten up others.
The fact that poor old Count Malagaski had made many unsuccessful attempts to fatten her was a stock subject for jokes of an unrefined and Turkish character.
Think of anybody's coming to Washington to fatten up!
Fatten them with sodden oats or barley for the first fortnight; and the last fortnight give them as above, and rice swelled with warm milk over the fire twice a day.
In order tofatten stubble geese at Michaelmas time, the way is to turn them out on the wheat stubble, or those pastures that grow after wheat has been harvested.
A mixture of oatmeal and treacle made into crumbs is also good food for chickens; and they are so fond of it, that they will grow and fatten much faster than in the common way.
To fatten young geese, the best way is to coop them up in a dark narrow place, where they are to be fed with ground malt mixed with milk; or if milk be scarce, with barley meal mashed up with water.
Feed the chickens with it while it is warm by putting as much into their coops as they can eat; and if a little beer be given them to drink, it will fatten them very soon.
Green geese should begin to fatten at six or seven weeks old, and be fed as above.
For you fancy that shepherds and rulers never think of their own interest, but only of their sheep or subjects, whereas the truth is that they fatten them for their use, sheep and subjects alike.
Fatten the body, rather easier than to strengthen the mind.
We must do what we can to strengthen and fatten her, poor thing!
The same breed of cows, which fatten in Europe on sainfoin and clover, find excellent nourishment in the herbaceous sensitive plants.
The small herbaceous mimosas contribute in this zone to fatten the cattle, but are very rare between the Rio Jao and the mouth of the Guaviare.
It was the practice at Mexico to castrate the mute dogs in order to fatten them.
The simple way to fatten ducks is to let them have as much, substantial food as they will eat, bruised oats and pea-meal being the standard fattening food for them.
The chicks most likely tofatten well are those first hatched in the brood, and those with the shortest legs.
For it is the fate of these states, that they mustfatten those very local powers, that are to engulf them.
But Rosamond only said to herself,-- "She wants to fatten and eat me.
You fatten up the poultry well, you make butter and pastry well--shouldn't I just like to taste it!
That is what we have come into the world for: to make butter and cheese, and fatten up our poultry, and go to market.
Besides, consider the advantage; you will be earning a little money with which you can either buy books to read, or fowls to fatten up.
We make butter and cheese, and we fatten up our poultry, and then we go to market and sell our butter, cheese, and poultry.
I'll fatten the pig up somehow," cried Tom desperately, and he began giving her more than double her usual quantity of food at each meal.
He gave her enough, indeed, to fattentwo pigs, and nearly ruined himself to do it; but the more she ate the thinner she grew, and before the week was out she was merely skin and bone.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fatten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
