RATTENING
Etymology
Noun
rattening (uncountable)
(obsolete, Northern England) The practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute
Anagrams
• integrant, nattering, tartening
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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