rattoon (plural rattoons)
Alternative spelling of ratoon (“rattan cane”)
rattoon (third-person singular simple present rattoons, present participle rattooning, simple past and past participle rattooned)
Alternative spelling of ratoon
• arnotto, notator
Source: Wiktionary
Rat*toon", n. Etym: [Sp. retoño.]
Definition: One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
Rat*toon", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.] Etym: [Cf. Sp. retoñar.]
Definition: To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
