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Webster 1913 Edition
Rattler
Rat′tler
(răt′tlẽr)
, Noun.
One who, or that which, rattles.
Ground rattlesnake
(Zool.)
, a small rattlesnake (
– Caudisona miliaria
or Sistrurus miliaria
) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. Rattlesnake fern
(Bot.)
, a common American fern (
– Botrychium Virginianum
) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. Rattlesnake grass
(Bot.)
, a handsome American grass (
– Glyceria Canadensis
) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass
. Rattlesnake plantain
(Bot.)
, See under
– Plantain
. Rattlesnake root
(Bot.)
, a name given to certain American species of the composite genus
– Prenanthes
(Prenanthes alba
and Prenanthes serpentaria
), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also lion’s foot
, gall of the earth
, and white lettuce
. Rattlesnake's master
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of Agave (
. Agave Virginica
) growing in the Southern United States(b)
An umbelliferous plant (
. Eryngium yuccaefolium
) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves(c)
A composite plant, the blazing star (
– Liatris squarrosa
). Rattlesnake weed
(Bot.)
, a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium
(Hieracium venosum
); – probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot
.Definition 2025
rattler
rattler
English
Noun
rattler (plural rattlers)
- (chiefly US, informal) A rattlesnake.
- A freight train or, (chiefly Britain), a decrepit passenger train.
- Something which rattles.
Translations
rattlesnake — see rattlesnake
freight train
something which rattles