v. t.
To flatten a sail (Naut.),
Flattening oven,
v. i. To become or grow flat, even, depressed, dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See Lath a thin board. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He had a cross of latoun full of stones. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Black latten,
Roll latten,
Shaven latten,
White latten,
v. t. [ See Plat, a. ] (Glass Making) To flatten and make into sheets or plates;