Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fattening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Floating \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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