Vocabulary : Ratten to Rattle-headed
Ratten : To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike.Ratter : One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party. ;; Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier.
Rattinet : A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.
Ratting : of Rat ;; The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1. ;; The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
Rattle : To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter. ;; To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles. ;; To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour. ;; To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. ;; To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise. ;; Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game. ;; To scold; to rail at. ;; A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum. ;; Noisy, rapid talk. ;; An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken. ;; A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer. ;; A scolding; a sharp rebuke. ;; Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound. ;; The noise in the throat produced by the
