Vocabulary : Rata to Ratchet

Rata : A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.
Ratability : The quality or state of being ratable.
Ratable : Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value. ;; Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate. ;; Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.
Ratafia : A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.
Ratan : See Rattan.

Ratany : Same as Rhatany.
Rataplan : The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.
Ratch : Same as Rotche. ;; A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.
Ratchel : Gravelly stone.
Ratchet : A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. ;; A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.

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