RATTENED

Verb

rattened

simple past tense and past participle of ratten

Anagrams

• attender, nattered, reattend, tartened

Source: Wiktionary


RATTEN

Rat"ten, v. t. Etym: [Prov. E. ratten a rat, hence the verb literally means, to do mischief like a rat.]

Definition: 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. [Trades-union Cant] J. McCarthy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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