[f. prec.] trans. To place or store in a vat.
1784. J. Twamley, Dairying Exempl., 48. Many people as soon as the Whey is removed immediately break the Curd small … and then put it into the Cheese Vat…. I would always recommend that it rest one quarter of an Hour, before ’tis broke or vatted.
1862. Chambers’s Encycl., IV. 727/1. The factitious compound being mixed or vatted with the wines in bond.
1880. Act 43 & 44 Vict., c. 24 § 64 (1). The proprietor of spirits … may … vat, blend, or rack them in the warehouse.
b. To immerse in a dyeing solution or vat.
1883. R. Haldane, Workshop Receipts, Ser. II. 210/2. The goods are next limed, vatted to shade, taken out.
